Cosmetics replacing cactus points as a reward feels kinda bad, especially since passive generation stops during fights. Makes it so you're missing out on points even if you win (and as the description notes, if it's a duplicate you get nothing at all). They should be given in addition to points imo.
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I agree on that and thanks for the comment. Unfortunately cosmetics and inventory was literally last hour addition and I had to integrate them in a way that you can at least get them. The original plan was that you would have a shop as in most RPGs where you can buy some items, including cosmetics. The original idea for a valuable reward was new cactus species instead of cosmetics and thus you would have multiple cactuses that you can idle/upgrade simultaneous.