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.

Lift-off!

Lift-off! is an OST that plays in Trials of Cold Steel III when the protagonist Rean summons his mech Valimar. I like the rhythm and the melody inside the arrangement. Whenever Rean does do that, he shouts "Heed my call, Valimar the Ashen Knight!" so it's quite memorable. I do think that he relies a bit too much on the Divine Knight but the situations are quite serious at that point.

This track reminds me the most about Valimar. Valimar is one of the seven Divine Knights and they have been a part of Erebonian history for centuries. These Divine Knights only show up when there is a huge conflict going on. In Cold Steel IV, there is a big fight between all of the Divine Knights to decide a final winner and combine all of their powers together. I won't spoil why it happens or why they want to go back towards one source though. The image is from the wiki page for Valimar.

There is a similar track for Cold Steel IV but I prefer the one from Cold Steel 3 more. This track is more uplifting though. Just like the Lift-off!, With Our Own Hands plays when Class VII is summoning their mechs. I don't link this as much to Valimar though because the entire first Act doesn't really have Rean around and more with the other Panzer Soldats (mass-produced mechs).

Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?

Giveaway

The giveaway item is an instrument under the Singing music lessons. With 50 more luck, you have a chance of getting more drunk fans and it benefits you if you run Singinglessons. Even if you don't run Singing lessons, it can help you in the rankings or you can sell it away to someone who wants it for something you need.

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 @ladymisa.

Thank you to the rest of the valid participants who did not win but might be interested in the next giveaway: Other participants: @new.things, @theringmaster, @rtonline, @henruc, @tirizard

Current Status

I played a bit more than last week. I opened a lot more packs and I finally got the seasonal card. After doing some of the seasonal mission, I also got one of the instruments as well.

Current Ranking

I played more than last week but it wasn't as much as I would like. The seasonal mission messed me up a bit because I found myself not running the longer missions and opting for that mission instead.

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.

1. Take music lessons when possible to raise skill and reduce ego.
2. Having lesson specific instruments helps in receiving more skill from that lesson.
3. Have pizza box to store any pizza received during mission to reuse later.
4. Buy cold pizza slice if possible. This gives 1 refill every 24hours. Comes very handy when you are low on energy.
5. If you have enough of cold pizza slice and pizza box, you will never run out of energy.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Keep track of your achievements to unlock in game rewards
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.

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