Yes, really. I don't know where to start with this. Your thoughts about the matter seem nice for you but I am a direct voice of a lot of experience. This used to be more of an issue on batches about 5-6 years ago. That said - the freehubs wear out and when they do the pawls lose grip on the drive ring. The repair is a replacement freehub.

This is not the only hub that happens to. I will also replace pawls in all sorts of hubs - like White Industries, Novatech variants from Powertap, etc. It happens with riders who develop a lot of power or simply ride tons. Some designs seem to fare better.