I half-heartedly disagree.
On the one hand, going back to Acherus every now and then to runeforge a new weapon adds some flavor. I’d never go back there otherwise and death gate would be a practically useless ability for me.
On the other hand, if that’s my idea of adding flavor to the game, that’s sad.
I get that it’s much more convenient to swap runes on the fly, but I kind of feel like adding too much convenience to this game over time, in several areas, has drained it of some of its RPG appeal.