After seeing that some people on here often say that high voltage ignitors with pulses of at least 2kV to around 5kV would destroy the starting probes and starting resistors of probe start metal halide lamps during hot restrike, I have seen that other collectors also say that superimposed ignitors do not destroy the starting probes and resistors of probe start metal halide lamps during hot restrike. I wonder where people get the idea of high voltage ignitors destroying the starting probes and starting resistors of probe start metal halide lamps during hot restrike. Would it be the case that semiparallel ignitors would be more likely to destroy the starting probes and starting resistors of probe start metal halide lamps than superimposed ignitors?

I don't think there will be much difference in the probability to destroy the lamp (not only the resistor, it may cause flashover and arc in the outer, destroying the assembly there).

It mainly depend on how high voltages the inner components can survive vs how high voltage the hot arctube needs to ignite. Because once the discharge in the main arctube ignites, the high voltage stress is over, it will just short out the ignitor output.
And the ignitors are not capable of delivering any significant current on the HV side, they are just able to provide some initial ionization, the high capacitive load on "long range" (designed to work with long wiring to the lamp) ignitors deal with this load by using longer time pulses, so the discharge still shorts it out effortlessly once ignited...