Salted Earth is a very unique and iconic DRK skill, and one of the precious few last surviving elements of the 3.0 kit - I can't fathom why people are demanding it get removed or homogenized to function like Bowshock or Circle of Scorn. Is Salted Earth perfect? Absolutely not, but the developers adding Salt and Pepper to the kit shows that they value refining the skill over deleting it.

I personally want SaE to have a shorter CD for more frequent use, even if that means SaD needs to have its potency adjusted to compensate. I also wouldn't be opposed to giving the DRK a small defensive boon while they stand within their SaE (like an HP leech with each tick).