afaik the klondike is even more susceptible to this because all 16 chips are organized in one chain.
Are you sure about this? Im pretty sure BKKCoins wrote that he changed this. So that the board can run with one chip alone too. If chips break all other chips remain working. But i might misunderstood this.
I think that all boards basically support running on only one chip, thats how they were able to test them without receiving all sample chips in the beginning. But, if you add chips after, then they become part of the natural chain and delivers together. (thus breaking the chain if one breaks before a working chip).
Also, the percentages of broken chips should be very low.