Being a good medic requires more than just spamming med-bags and running around w/ your shock paddles out. If you're ever in my squad and are a medic, here are some things I like to see:

1) Defense: When we're defending, DO NOT DROP MED-PACKS ON THE FLAG!! This is a huge pet-peeve of mine. I appreciate the thought of setting up a MASH area, but the flag is about the worst place you can pick for that: The flag-cap area is where the enemy will huddled up nice and cozy when they're trying to steal our flag. So the last thing we want is the enemy using OUR OWN med-bags while we're trying to kill them!!! Instead, find some nice cover outside the flag radius and drop them there. Try anticipating what cover WE will be behind when the firefight breaks out and drop them there. Also - Don't leave them out in the middle of the street, or out in a snowy field (Spies Like Us). If I'm almost dead (heh.. or even if I'm at full health I suppose), the last thing I want to do is run out in the open. Instead find some trees to put them behind... or around a building's corner. (Oh - and let the squad know using VOIP... "meds behind the outhouse", or "meds on the south slope", etc..)


2) Offense: Enemy forces can see medbags as soon as they're dropped, so don't throw them around carelessly. Always be aware of the fact that medipacks (and ammo) can act like a homing beacon. When I'm SL'ing and trying to hunt down an enemy SL, medipacks are one of the big indicators I look for. On Fallen, you'll often see bags 'appearing' in some crater off in the fog. On other maps, you'll see them 'appear' in a bunker or cabin. On maps where stealth is important (Fallen & Spies, e.g.), be careful when you drop them. (Also - if you spawn on your hidden SL and he needs health, either carefully drop ONE bag at his feet, or (if you have time) just hold the medipack in your hands and let him heal up.)


3) Traveling: If we're traveling between flags, don't needlessly drop medbags as we go. Instead of blindly spamming them, you should always be aware of your squad-mates' health; if they need even a little health, then by all means drop them a bag. Otherwise, the bread-crumb trail in the middle of no-where does nobody any good. The stealth you preserve now is worth much more to your squad than that single teamwork point you might randomly get 5 minutes from now.