Pure was a constant nightmare when it came to critical shields; HD appears to have restored that peril.
Curious. For me Pulse was the worst in that regard. My shields were always critical regardless of BR's. The AI was constantly raming me..

Anyway, things that would really make HD cool for me.

- Bug fixes. Ever since Pure that WipEout has frozen on me and my console. It's not game breaking but it's sure as hell annoying and totally unecessary.

- Working leaderboards. Because I have loads of records to upload. Part of the fun is knowing who's the best and trying to beat them. That was one of the reasons I bought HD and it's still not working, although I've read from Colin that it's being fixed.

- Elite dificulty less cheap. I'm ok with cheap AI, but Elite pushes it to the extreme. It really does. Weapons don't seem to affect them, ship stats mean nothing (Feisar leaving a Triakis in the dust without Turbo or pads?), they are ultra-fast so it all comes down to pure luck with weapons with a constant racing line. And all the pads. And all BR's.

I suppose I could turn down to Skilled, but I must have all the trophies =)

- Bring back the stats!

Other than that, I think I'm fine with HD.