Ballast resistors

You can buy a coil that doesn't need a resistor all day long.

Yup, for some time now. How well they work with a mopar ECU I don't know. Pertronix has been using this set up for awhile now (although their system also eliminates the ECU).

Reliability should be about the same as with the ballast, as these coils typically just have an internal resistor (.vs an external one).