I agree completely. Ascendances turns you into a dps god and then we revert back into a sad button bloated pea shooter. I’m always in the school of more consistent damage instead of feast/famine gameplay.
Blizzard stated that the want to move away from dps cooldown focus play for more consistent damage and I agree it’s gotten out of hand.
Turning Earthquake into a passive proc fron Earth Shock/Elemental Blast might be a bit too powerful in pvp if the knockdown mechanic remains in effect. But generally I like they idea of combining some spells.