Rising Star Weekly Giveaway #152 and Sylvalum

Here is my weekly status and giveaway. As usual, I am just doing some missions at night because I am busy during the day. I was able to do some missions during the day during the week but not as often as I would like. It's been quite busy as I start getting back to work. Please make sure to read the rules to qualify for the giveaway.

Sylvalum

Sylvalum is an OST that plays when you explore the Sylvalum continent in Xenoblade Chronicles X. There is a daytime and nighttime theme but they are combined into one thing above. What I like the most about the video above is that it uses assets from the game so you can see a representation of what I saw when I heard this track for the first time. I played this game by borrowing the Wii U from my cousin and they no longer have this game anymore. So I can't replay it but it was an amazing game and it's too bad that it is stuck to just the Wii U. The main draw to the game was the ability to use Mechs called Skells. It was amazing to them in the vast overworld. This track just felt amazing as you explore the continent and its one of my top tracks from Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Above are some images from the continent but I suggest watching the film with the OST above to see it in its full glory. Sylvalum is the hardest continent in the game and I got destroyed the first time I went there by the strong enemies. It felt amazing to beat them later in the game after I progressed further in the game. In particular, I explored a lot of it after gaining the ability to fly on my Skell. The image comes from the wiki page for Sylvalum.

There is a piano version of this track and I think it's quite good. However, I still prefer the original day or night version of this track. This track seems more peaceful in this arrangement and it doesn't invoke the feeling of exploration as much compared to the original.

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

Giveaway

The giveaway item is an instrument under the guitar music lessons. With 50 more luck, you have a chance of getting more drunk fans and it benefits you if you run guitar lessons. Even if you don't run guitar 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 @pero82. My usual comment picker works if I change the hive node.

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, @rafzat, @circlebubble, @siramadeus, @elduderino420a, @rtonline, @vaynard86, @middle-earthling, @henruc

Current Status

I didn't get much done between last week and this week.

I ended up with 1 epic and I also got some copies of the seasonal musician.

Current Ranking

I did rank up by quite a few spots and I am not sure why because I didn't play as much.

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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