Here is my weekly status and giveaway. I also talk about an OST track that I like. Please make sure to read the rules to qualify for the giveaway. I chose a track from a game that I played in the past. It looks like the new seasonal event is out, and the missions now have an extra step. There have been some changes to let you know if you didn't earn enough starbits to offset ego, and a good way to check how much starbits you earned versus the ego you earned now.
Dandelion's Journey
I chose Dandelion's Journey as this week's track because this was another busy week, and I wanted something more relaxing to listen to. The weekend was quite busy, and this is one of the most memorable tracks because this plays during the ending of Ys 9. Out of the Ys games that I played, Ys 9 has the best ending/credit screens. As Adol is finally able to leave Balduq, and everyone of the Monstroms was able to move on with their lives. There were so many twists and turns, but I had a fun time playing this game. So this track always brings up some nostalgic memories for me.
I think about Aprilis when I think of this track. She is a vital part of the story, and she starts off as a mystery, but also an important part of the story. Especially at the beginning, when you think that she turned Adol into a Monstrum. Her backstory is quite interesting as well, and it had its own twists and turns. When I saw the ending, I was most happy for her, because she doesn't have to spend eternity fighting anymore, and she spends time with Zola after the story ends. The image comes from the wiki page for Aprilis.
Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?
Giveaway
The giveaway item is a musician. It has 135 fans, 90 skill, 3 luck, and 3 IM. Musicians are good for everyone because they increase your stats and help you in the rankings.
Rules
In order to participate:
- Leave a comment with the name of the card
- Include your username in your comment
This time if you do not leave your username, I will not include you in the draw. I want to reward the people who follow the rules. This giveaway is weekly so there is one week's worth of time for you to enter.
Results of the Last Giveaway
Thank you to the rest of the valid participants who did not win but might be interested in the next giveaway: Other participants: 
Current Status
I gained 283k STARBITS over the past week. It's the first time in a while since I was so active doing missions, but if you account for the STARBITS used for STARPRO, I would say it's about 200k or so. That pays off for the packs this week at least. I did get an Epic card.
Current Ranking
My rank went up by a few ranks. I played a lot more than last week, and I have finally made it back to the top 100 in the rankings. I don't know if I can maintain this all the time, but I will be trying to get more missions in to pay off for the packs.
If you want to join Rising Star, feel free to use my referral link.
! [Rising Star Tips]
Source
I think the tips are something every new player should know about. It will help people progress in the game and it hasn't really been shared since surya1adiga stopped his giveaways.
- Take music lessons when possible to raise skill and reduce ego.
- Having lesson specific instruments helps in receiving more skill from that lesson.
- Have pizza box to store any pizza received during mission to reuse later.
- Buy cold pizza slice if possible. This gives 1 refill every 24hours. Comes very handy when you are low on energy.
- If you have enough of cold pizza slice and pizza box, you will never run out of energy.
- If you have more fans than skill and you won't reduce the ego , you can use a storage trailer to store unnecessary cards. Or you can list the card in market for an unreasonably high price.
- Ego received for a particular mission increases every time you play it. The ego is reset to base level the next day. So, try to play different missions to control the ego gained.
Keep track of your achievements to unlock in game rewards- Buy storage trailer (only if necessary) to keep the cards that might have a negative effect. Like a card with high fan count resulting in ego.
- When earning skill points through music lessons, you can earn more points per lesson if you hold more of specific instrument cards. There seems to be base skill which is rewarded irrespective of the card count and then the skill increases depending on the number of the lesson specific card one has.
- Try taking up many smaller missions to fill up pizza boxes and have extra energy to play more rewarding missions. But you need to have pizza boxes for this to work.