Transcending?

[S u r i]

I've been trying to figure out what transcending is, but I'm still pretty confused. I know the answe r is probably really simple, but I still can't grasp it. Could someone explain it to me? I'm an Acolyte right now, and I wanna go monk. But I see I also have the option to go Champion as well. So will I have to level my Acolyte to base level 99 job level 50 so I can become a Champion, without ever changing to a monk? Or can I change to being a monk, get to level 99 and still be able to become a Champion?

Ugh...I really can't wrap my head around all this transcending stuff.

[Mysuke]

To become a champion you need first to hit base lvl 99 and job lvl 50 as a monk, then you can rebirth back to lvl 1 and lvl up all over again but when it's time to become a monk you will become a champion instead.

I'm not good explaining so you might as well check some guides:

http://irowiki.org/wiki/Transcendent

[Proletariat]

Basically, transcending is when you rebirth and level all over again at 1/5th the exp rate about.

Let's say you want to be a monk.
You level your acolyte to job level 50, then change to monk class. You level monk class to level 99 job level 50. Then you rebirth at a level 1. You will have slightly different robes.
But this time you will be a high acolyte when you become one, then when you level to job 50, you will instead of being a monk, be a champion.

So basically,
Novice-->Acolyte-->Monk--MAGIC-->High Novice-->High Acolyte-->Champion
Then since this server has third job classes, once you become champion level 99/70, you can become a Sura and level that to 150. If you want.

[S u r i]

Ouh. Okay. Thanks a lot. I look forwards to eet

[Kaidan]

Alternatively you can skip transcending entirely and become sura (3d job) after monk . However you won't gain some benefits and skills of champion that way.

[Haweh]

In particular, you'll be missing the Zen skill that lets you summon all five spirit spheres at once in the time it would normally take to summon two, presuming you skip Champion. It's a pretty major gain when it comes to speed.