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 that I like.
Scars of the Divine Wing
I chose Scars of the Divine Wing as this week's track because I wanted something more action like, and I really like this track from Ys Origin. This track is an OST that plays during a boss fight with a giant centipede. When I first fought this boss, I had trouble since you have to be consistently moving up the tower while dealing damage and avoiding the boss's attacks. It's been a while since the last time I talked about Ys, but I felt like I wanted a change from the usual Trials soundtrack. I prefer the Super Arranged Version of this track, but the original track is also quite good. I like the arrangement more.
There is also a nasty children arrangement of the track. I think this arrangement is also good, but it is still lower than the super-arranged version. I would place it above the original, though. I know of this album, but I didn't remember much about this track in the album. Maybe I just forgot since its been a while though.
I think about Nygtilger, the centipede boss from Ys Origin. It took me a few times to kill this boss, and this type of boss shows up a few other times in the series, too. I remember fighting this in Ys 9 as the most recent entry that I have played. I haven't played Ys 10 yet, so I don't know if it shows up there, though. You have to balance moving up the stairs and dealing damage to the boss, so you have to understand the battle mechanics more before you can beat this boss reliably. The image comes from the wiki for Nygtilger.
Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?
Giveaway
The giveaway item is a musician. It has 115 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 92k STARBITS over the past week. I didn't play as much this week, and I missed one day. I didn't get anything great from my pack openings.
Current Ranking
My rank is down a few ranks. Not much to say here since I played about the same as last week, but I did notice that my total points are down slightly. I did forget to open my packs until today so the packs didn't count for this ranking.
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.