Rising Star Weekly Giveaway #170 and Valestein Castle

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 didn't have time to play Trails into Daybreak this week so I opted to talk about a track from a game that I played in the past.

Valestein Castle

Valestein Castle is an OST that plays in Ys: The Oath in Felghana inside Valestein Castle. This game is a remake of Ys 3 and it's my favorite track from Felghana and I think it's just an amazing track. The entire just keeps you hyped as you traverse through the castle. It's one of the Ys games with the best gameplay but I admit that the Ys soundtrack isn't as great as there aren't too many memorable tracks. Valestein Castle just stands out as its most memorable track in that game and it was a beast. I admit that the dungeon was kind of a bit annoying though with all the spikes though. The guitars are just amazing on this track.

This track reminds me the most about the Ys: The Oath in Felghana. It's the best track from the game so I can't say anything else except that it makes me think about Felghana. After all, it's the hometown of Dogi and it's supposed to take place in Northern Europe. I would have to say outside of that, I don't remember too much about the Felghana region. The image is from the wiki page for Felghana.

There is an arranged version of the track and I think it's just the better version of the track due to the intro. It gives you a better feeling that you are in a castle. This is from the original version of Ys 3. I personally think it's an amazing track for something created in the 80s. It doesn't seem as clean so I don't prefer it as much as the Oath in Felghana version or the arranged version above.

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

Giveaway

The giveaway item is a musician. It has 45 fans, 135 skill, 4 luck, and 2 IM.

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 @harpreetjanda.

Thank you to the rest of the valid participants who did not win but might be interested in the next giveaway: Other participants: @tirizard, @hatdogsensei, @ladymisa, @middle-earthling, @blitzzzz, @henruc

Current Status

The starbits are starting to add up and I haven't withdrawn them in a while. I do think it's been a while since the last time that I turned them into STARPRO so I should do that soon. I didn't get any epic or legendary cards from my pack openings.

Current Ranking

I didn't play as much this week and it's been quite busy for me so I dropped a few ranks.

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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