I agree and disagree with you. A highly geared 'tracer missile' merc can take me down if they get crits and are on their interrupts. However, usually, it takes more than one person (and let's face it, solo kills in pvp aren't that common). Healers in general can be really hard to take down if people aren't using all the tools in their toolbox. It never ceases to amaze me how many people forget that they have interrupts or that they should focus on the opposing team's healer. Now all that said, I absolutely DO agree with you about the # of medals. If I don't dps as well as heal during a fight (which makes me heal less than I could if I fully concentrated on just healing), I end up with considerably less medals. I would love to see Bioware do something for healers in general about this.