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 the demo for the Trails in the Sky Remake. Like I said last week, it's been a game that I have been looking forward to, and I am finally done with the demo.
Pinch!!
I chose Pinch!! as this week's track because it's a track that played quite a few times during the demo. This track plays in Trails in the Sky when your team's health drops quite low. This happened a few times towards the start when I only had two people in my party, during a few field battles, monster chests, and some boss battles. It's kind of expected in nightmare mode due to the difficulty, but I enjoyed it. Sure, there were a few times where I died, it was quite fun. I like the version in the remake more than the original. It just feels cleaner.
I think about Josette Capua when I think of this track. In the remake, I had a bit of trouble in this last fight during the demo, and I think her new updated look is quite nice. Josette is an interesting character when you learn more about her past in Trials of Cold Steel 3 and 4. After all, you would have never thought that she was a former noble before their family got scammed. The image comes from the wiki for Josette Capua.
Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?
Giveaway
The giveaway item is a musician. It has 135 fans, 70 skill, 3 luck, and 2 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 109k STARBITS over the past week. I didn't play as much this week, and I also missed one millionaire mission. My pack openings didn't give me any epic or legendary cards.
Current Ranking
My rank went down by 2. I didn't open my packs until earlier today, so I think that should move back up a bit once the next rankings are up and I get the new cards added.
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.