clearly standing around for 30 secs would be a bad idea just saying that in warzones there are actually more people than you might think running around without trauma up, needing to be topped off even so, 5k is achievable through trauma, without relics or adrenals ... remodding for crit/surge is IMO the most important step (at least for an operative)

It drops after about 30 seconds of no PvP combat ... look for example at 0:54 here:

Yes, make it easier for us operatives to drop combat and restealth .......... That is what you wanted right?

I highly recommened re-equipping the other half of your gear

It's doable in full champ gear even with the trauma debuff up, especially on myself since I have the operative +9% incoming healing talent Even as a DPS spec op, I regularly got this one by healing myself or other people after the trauma debuff dropped Is it balanced / well thought out? Probably not.

free talent point reset for ops in 1.1.1 = good idea respec advanced class = terrible idea

Yeah, it's kind of dumb. I play to win, not to farm medals, and so I usually end up with 300k+ heals and yet only 3-5 medals, which is a medal count easily achievable by even the most herp-derp DPSer. Sure, I can shoot stuff, and defend objectives, but my #1 priority is to keep my team up and in the game. To me, the number of medals awarded seems a bit off. For example, once I hit 75k healing I can get another medal by (1) doing 225k additional healing (2) hitting 1 guy for 2500 damage or more, or (3) stealing a death blow. Which of these is most helpful to my team? I think the 300k damage and healing mark should award 3x what it does now. Alternatively, there could be more medals in between, for example at 150k and 225k. Also, I would really like to see more types of medals aimed towards healers. A good example would be a 'savior' mechanic, where a 'save' is a heal on a player that would have otherwise died within the next 1-2 seconds. Then you award medals for 1 save, 5 saves, 20 saves, etc. The details of how this is determined could get tricky, but I think it's doable in a way that brings healing medals more in line with the rest.

Remember the new year's pvp update? L O L

Terrible idea all around When I hit 50 I was at valor 44. Many other players had this or even higher. We didn't get it by 'farming lowbies'. We did warzones while levelling (starting at 11), and had a lot of fun doing it. You think I should be penalized for this? Get out. As far as the sub-50's bracket, if you can't figure out how to have fun and be competitive in such a bracket, there is nothing that can help you.

LOL, it gets better, i have a marauder friend that gets this 5k medal at the very start of every match, right as we run out the gate http://www.torhead.com/ability/fYZIabE + rakata medpack = win