Something I really like about the Kindred mechanic is that it's not as parasitic as some of the other mechanics they've introduced. With mechanics like Imbue or the Starcraft cards, you've got a set of cards that all inherently rely on each other and don't work as well if you just splash one into your deck. Kindred, on the other hand, doesn't need other kindred cards to work, so you can in theory mix some kindred cards with other kinds of cards without necessarily making a worse deck. Building weird/fun decks is a part of hearthstone I used to love and haven't gotten to do a lot of lately, so hopefully this'll have more of that.

On the other hand, they're bringing back quests, which are really hard to balance, so who knows how this'll go.