Buddy block. Or buddy lock. A item that you can attach to a buddy box item to make it not auto combine. The 1st one could be free then the rest have to buy with ec with price going up each time. Idk if this is possible to code but it would be cool. Especially coz theres some things in painter box i want them all but cant coz auto combines.
Ive heard lots of opinions across pimd expressing the same interest in being able to collect all the items in a combination set without them combining, but I'm not sure how difficult that would be to format on the developers end. It might be easier to achieve this if there was a cap put on how many of a combined item you can have, similar to how spinner sets have a maximum. However, a lot misc collectors might disagree with the cap. Alternatively, having an activator for bb items might be another viable option similar to how the zodiac/greek/birthstone/tarot avis are; but would likely present the same possibility of unintentionally combining the wrong collection. I agree with adding it as a feature, not sure which method I would prefer to see rolled out.
Yehh i dont know if its possible to code something like that into the game. Would have to be a bit of back tracking to to add it to them all. But it would be cool to have something like it