Once again, in a world where you EB is the strongest talent - you don't have to take it still. Just like you choose not to hardcast.
If you don't want bother to play optimally anyway why should it matter that this talent gives 1k more dps? You're already dropping 500+ from the lack of hardcasting.
It wouldn't be the top talent in every situation even if it were top averaged. The other talents would likely still be competitive. Fact is you can probably find people in similar gear to you (general you not particularly at klatar) using different talents and doing similar/better dps, somewhere. Even if you do frequently hit high ranks. I know that I was ranking most nights in my guild (private logs) even when I use using EB or PE, while everyone else was using UF. I noticed a dps increase on some fights using UF, but I don't enjoy that talent as much so unless the kill is that tight I won't take it. There will be people who own my dps in my gear too, in fact I remember the rank 1 a couple months ago now being in similar gear to what I had on elegon.