It did give a fairly unforgiving ride which wouldn't have gone down well with fare-paying pax but the handling qualities were spectacular.
They changed the design from a single piece head to a two piece one in the 90's but titanium isn't cheap and doesn't like being scratched.
The rotor head is one of the things scavenged from the disbanded Lynx force and re-used on the Wildcat.
I think they probably led the way for the industry into elastomeric bearings for modern helicopters once the 'hingeless' capability had been proven.