Does Casual Mode reduce enemy HP and lower enemy damage?

[TheSuit]

I am just wondering because I am reading conflicting articles online

Some claim its only reduction in prices and some dragon illness
Others claiming it reduces enemy difficulty

Can anyone tell me which it is?

[Xeriath]

Adding Casual Mode. *
Reduced inn fees for staying at an inn.
Reduced price of Ferrystones.
More difficult for weight carried to become "Heavy" or "Very Heavy."
Less Stamina expended when dashing outside of battle.
Loss gauge will not increase when selecting "Load from Last Save" after the Arisen dies.
Pawns will recover from dragonsplague without a "devastating calamity" occurring, even if the symptoms progress to a terminal stage.

Source: https://www.dragonsdogma.com/2/en-us/topics/update/

Enemy difficulty/combat is normal. The only point is that you can’t get the true ending in this mode and miss one achievement in this case.

[TheSuit]

Originally posted by Xeriath:

Adding Casual Mode. *
Reduced inn fees for staying at an inn.
Reduced price of Ferrystones.
More difficult for weight carried to become "Heavy" or "Very Heavy."
Less Stamina expended when dashing outside of battle.
Loss gauge will not increase when selecting "Load from Last Save" after the Arisen dies.
Pawns will recover from dragonsplague without a "devastating calamity" occurring, even if the symptoms progress to a terminal stage.

Source: https://www.dragonsdogma.com/2/en-us/topics/update/

Enemy difficulty/combat is normal. The only point is that you can’t get the true ending in this mode and miss one achievement in this case.

Thanks for confirmation