Now that you can't instill maps

I guess yeah after a while there are enough liquids to just put your favorite mod on if you got a new one. Some liquids are pretty rare and they might change rarity.

I prefer this vs using an omen + vaal orb to gamble and corrupt an item.

I just asked chat GPT how many possibilities there could be,
with only 5 liquids there would be 35 possible combinations
with 10 liquids there's 220 possible combinations

that might be too many

I see what you're saying though, you would only need to use liquids once in a blue moon the way it is right now.