Rising Star Weekly Giveaway #164 and Atrocious Raid

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.

Atrocious Raid

Atrocious Raid is an OST that plays in Trials of Cold Steel I during the prologue in Garrelia Fortress. It's a very memorable track you know that things are down the drain when it starts up. The prologue is halfway in the story so you end up warping back in time afterwards. However, it does a great job of hooking you into the combat and building some good story points for you to consider. One downside of it is that you aren't given a tutorial so you are kind of made to guess around what to do. However, you are given more than enough leeway to win everything. It's one of the most memorable tracks in Cold Steel I just because of that prologue. The arrangement of the track was great with all the instruments.

This track reminds me the most about Sara Valestein. She is the instructor of Class VII during Trials of Cold Steel I and II. Before becoming an instructor, she was a jaguar as a child and then a bracer after that. In a way, she has seen the advantages and disadvantages of both sides because one side prioritizes the mission while the other prioritizes the defense of citizens. Her alias is the Purple Lightning and her backstory explains why she moved in the direction she did because of what happened to her homeland. The image is from the wiki page for Sara Valestein.

There is a super-arranged version of this track and it was later used in Trials of Cold Steel IV. It is played onboard the Pentagruel when you fight against the enemies. On one side is Osborne and Ouroboros while the other side is the Bracers, various countries, and Class VII. It's an epic fight and I think this track is better than the original. I just like the arrangement better in this version.

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 @diochen.

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

Current Status

I didn't earn much as there were a few days where I didn't visit the game. I didn't even do my millionaire mission so I will try better next week.

Current Ranking

I played more than last week and moved up in the rankings to get more in daily hive rewards.

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.