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. This giveaway post back to my usual schedule. I chose a track from a game that I played in the past that I liked.
Beyond the Sky
Beyond the Sky is an OST that plays at the end of the Xenoblade Chronicles (the original version). This song always hits me hard and it's probably the most memorable ending OST of all the RPGs that I have played. It just hits you hard as you see the entire cast of characters start off with their lives after dealing with the Monado. I am glad to see that they did not remix the song for the definitive edition and I think it fits the ending quite well. In the definitive edition, there is an extra epilogue called Future Redeemed so it isn't the only ending song in that version. But, I still think that the original story ending with this track was great.
The characters that I think about the most from this track are Shulk and Fiora. Shulk is the main character and Fiora also went through quite a bit throughout the story. The first chapter in Xenoblade Chronicles was so heart-wrenching when you saw the scene of someone dying. I was so glad to see everything work out in the end but I won't spoil what happens to that character. Fiora and Shulk getting back together at the end was great. The image is from the wiki page for Shulk.
Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?
Giveaway
The giveaway item is a musician. It has 135 fans, 135 skill, 4 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
The winner is 
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 57k STARBITS over the past week and if you add in the millionaire mission, I got around 127k. I earned less than last week even though I was expecting more. However, I do think that it was still a decent week as I was able to put some longer missions during the downtime.
Current Ranking
My rank went back up. My time played went up a bit and I think I did better on my missions this week.
If you want to join Rising Star, feel free to use my referral link.
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.