I'm pretty good at breaking rods but haven't managed to break either of mine. My favorite rod breaking methods are setting on snags, slamming in camper shell windows, and snapping tips off by ramming them into things. The more I break, the more I realize, sometimes it just happens. I kind of doubt that the XH okuma has a breakage problem in general just because so many people have them by now, people would already have made posts about it if they were breaking in unreasonable numbers.

The good news is it's an $89 dollar rod and you're probably covered under the warranty. More info at:
http://www.okumafishing.com/services/services.htm#Rod%20and%20Combo%20Warranty