Am I adhering too strictly to killer etiquette?

That's not even killer etiquette, that's just smart play.

You've highlighted the possibility of both DS and Borrowed time, and opted not to waste time testing to see if they exist. If the survivor who unhooked them is also a viable target, go for them every time.

If you get back to the hook and the unhooker has vanished and the unhooked is still in view though, there's not much else you can do about it. In that case, yeah you're handicapping yourself if you don't at least try to make them mend with a hit to BT.

As long you're enjoying yourself do what you want and play however you like as long as it's within the rules.

If you're happy with how you're playing and how the matches are going then keep doing it. If you don't like how your matches are going then change it up.

Are you enjoying yourself? If that's the case, don't worry about adhering too strictly or "not enough" to any sort of etiquette.

You are. I try and show sportsmanship, something that is dearly lacking in the community, and what do I get? Tbagged and flashlight licked at. When someone dc's or someone lets themselves just die i always try and go easy on the team. Like they don't get that. I try my best not to camp, but if survivors are throwing themselves at the hook I need to do something. It's always in the back of my mind that I don't wanna be gross. The main thing I want to express to survivors...just dont be seen. Like a lot of killers won't camp if you dont make your unhook so blatant.

I am not opposed to somebody playing how THEY want as long as they don't expect others to play by those rules. However, I typically try to encourage people to give it their best if for no other reason than to keep the matchmaker from becoming more of a mess than it already is. When you go easy on people, they may unfairly get put up against killers they have no business going up against when they should be held back to something more their level.

You are definitely making the game harder for yourself than it strictly has to be. I'm often in the same boat, and I've found that sometimes I can make a compromise with myself, like slugging the unhooked survivor then chasing the healthy one with no intention to come back, or only camping during EGC if I have zero kills. It's hard to find a balance between trying to do well and trying not to be unnecessarily mean.

You make the game more difficult that way. It is polite and good sportsmanship, but it does make the game harder. If that's fun to you and you are happy with match results, by all means continue, killers like that are fun to play against.

I tend to play the same way, at least when I'm completely dominating the match (which is not common). I do it just because I hate being tunneled out early, and don't find it fun to do so to someone else. That was easier at lower ranks. Now I go constantly against red ranks while only being on green myself.

Many killers actually play that way, but then again, if the killer can't apply enough pressure while being too nice, survivors won't go easy on their opponent the same way. They do gens quickly when there's nothing to push them off.

Personally, I always go by the motto, "All's fair in Endgame Collapse." I've yet to have a survivor argue back against that.

play the game however you enjoy it

My two cents is do whatever feels right to you in that moment but being "nice" is always cool!

I usually play Survivor but when I'm playing Killer I try really hard not to camp or tunnel people because I know how awful it feels. I do however slug a lot lol. Also in end game I am pretty inclined to proxy camp at the very least (There isn't much else to do as killer at that point).

All that being said, when survivors dive the hook I wouldn't feel bad about taking them down. Usually what I do in a scenario like that is take down the unhooker because they're basically farming the person who was hooked and I've been in that situation where you just get farmed without BT and it sucks. So I uh, yeah. Personally I like to go for the maximum number of hooks possible so I get the most Sacrifice points but I also run perks which give me incentives to get as many hooks as possible (Pop, BBQ etc.)

It's just all up to you but I always remind killers that camping / tunneling someone out early means the remaining survivors will likely gen rush you even harder than if you hook then go and look for another survivor immediately. Exerting as much pressure as possible is how you keep control of the game, not making one unlucky persons game experience miserable lol

I do the same thing most of the time. Fresh unhooks are too easy and I like pressuring everyone rather than one!