It's also nice to be able to land on the high ground to get a good view of the action and shoot a few enemies before jumping down. A compass will show the way to the various objectives so that it's easy to steer in the right direction. It also provides an opportunity to drop into a new location if the previous one was a little too difficult or even complete one of the five different skill drops (drops in very specific areas). Where the best location is depends on how you want to play the game, a mechanic that certainly is useful if you want a challenge or find that it's more fun to start out in a certain place on a map. Once floating in the air, it's a matter of steering the parachute to the best location to start the fight.
Instead of starting players out in each linear level on a path where there's no variation, EA LA decided to let us choose where to start each mission by throwing us out of a plane. Medal of Honor: Airborne takes a different approach to World War II shooters.
