I personally agree the rep requirements for both these heroes and for genral and Marshall are steep. WIthout new ways to earn rep, it really slows down progression on earning titles.

But all hope is not lost. I have actually taken blood out of my lineup for certain things because I found a purple hero in the arena that is more helpful. And he is cheaper to saint then Blood.
Plus there are all these other heroes to use as well that make blood not so important in the line up.. Some people will be able to get Pompey before they get the rep for blood. Mulan is very Interesting to use. Theres more stunners. One of which, Thurcydides is so easy to saint to half angel 5 in one Tavern Tuesday then any purple or gold hero. Plus queen penisilia or however she is spelled is a purple version of Khan.

Stop worrying about the heroes you unlock from title, once you get shayd you good to go form title heroes. Then worry about the royal arena and get these new heroes and try out new forms and combinations. There is so much more to this game now then blood and adam.

Yes thats what the ultimate goal was before, but its not now, in fact i think if i were to start this game from scratch and finally unlock those 2 i wouldn't even use them because there are so many other combos now to use for different things. Yes adam and blood are awesome, but they are no longer the End All Be All of Tynon.

So stop worrying about them and start playing with the new heroes some of them suck and are worthless, just like some of the old heroes became useless after a time. But there are quite a few gems in the new heroes.