User blog comment:Axe Garian/My future Assassin, Kairi Alita! :D/@comment-5092117-20120621180916/@comment-5168516-20120624090435

Plus they give you striders and mages in an attempt to make sure you are well suited to the fight. If they let you choose as well there wouldbe the problem of which augemnts and skills they would be able tolet you have, and what rankof vocation it wouldbe, and then weapons and equipment, they would have to cram in a whole lotmore data and information, and change the pawns that go with you to fit the two vocations you chose which all in all probably wasnt worth thebother to them. Also if someone went fighter+fighter because thats what they liked they would have a certain amount of trouble killing the griffin. Also I personally think striders are well suited to be showcased against a griffin, as they haveboth long and close range abilities and can climb beasts easily, a feature they would want to showcase. And plus what was said above, theyre giving you a taste of gameplay as a class thats pretty interesting when fighting a large, very mobile, flying enemy.