New Unreal is a an all around miserable experience.

[Somnolence]

What defines a "casual" reward?
Surely whether or not a reward is casual depends entirely on what it's gated behind, not what category of reward it falls under.

Well this how I think about this.

Casual rewards are all those rewards that can be done or grinded casually whenever. Most mounts are something that can be grinded un-synced or with over-gear eventually.

BiS gear is not casual reward as its only relevant for this purpose - to beat content faster/gear up for ultimate/parses only when gear is current. Afterwards when its purpose is only cosmetic its casual reward.

In similar vein, content completion achievement is proportional for the challenge, week 1 kills are most prestigious while kills with echo obviously far less. Thus UWU weapons are "more casual" rewards now than DRU weapons.


So in this case, Faux Hollow rewards are all grindable pokemon collection type rewards than can be done eventually, however Sephiroth Unreal is Synced and all other Extreme trial rewards in the game can be grinded eventually when they become easier, but this one won't become easier. Given that Faux Hollows rewards are not going away they can be grinded in future easier Unreals tho.