Will my first four Squaddies always be one of each class?

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I noticed a trend among all of my games of XCOM that, with my first four soldiers promoted to Squaddie, I always had:

  • one sniper
  • one assault
  • one heavy
  • one support

If I assume that they are assigned randomly, then the exact probability of this occurring in any given game would be 4!/44, or about 10%. So I was wondering if this is actually hardcoded into the game, or just plain luck.

Am I correct in my assertion here? Is there a larger pattern that I'm missing?






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