Boil over buff shows killers are hypocritical

No one should have to run things to counter playstyles? Then say that to about 90% of the complaints about perks like Decisive, NOED, and etc.

You have the choice of changing killers, bringing offerings, addons and perks because you are meant to use those options. Use them how you want, but they are meant to be used. If you are refusing to play around that - something that is used as a counter argument for just about ANY OTHER issue in the game, then that is a you problem.

As a survivor, you have to deal with tunneling and face camping. You have to deal with NOED, or other annoying hex perks. You have to deal with the killer's power which sometimes involves insta-downs. As a killer, you have to deal with SWF, you have to deal and respect perks like BT or Decisive. You have to deal with gen-rushing.

This situation is not any different - refusing to adjust to it, becomes a personal problem than a game problem. If you are finding the behaviour to be unsportsmanlike or to be trolling, report and move along.

But it still isn't taking the game hostage.

You're playing at semantics by insisting that holding the game hostage means "the other person physically cannot complete it" and nothing else counts.

But BHVR has said that Survivors hiding for half an hour (but not going AFK to get the crows) and never approaching the generators counts and can be reportable for same.

You're trying to define the term as something that it isn't by ignoring the developers' own statement on what can be reported, and then saying that, therefore, boil over is fine. But it isn't, because the official definition appears to be more along the lines of "unreasonably extending the game time by not completing your objective and denying the other side the opportunity to complete theirs". Being physically impossible is the simplest way, but sabo builds and boil over use with addons and even locker flashlight squads? All count.

Except you are ignoring that the example you provided literally falls under what I’ve been saying.

Refusing to take part in the game by hiding away from the killer is refusing the killer their objective which is why the game is taken hostage.

Players running a build that is meant to make hooking difficult, is not taking the game hostage because you are STILL able to complete your objective. I’m not defending those that run those builds, I’m just saying that what you’re describing is not only counter-able, but is also not what you’re describing it as.

If being forced to slug was taking the game hostage, then slugging as a mechanic would’ve been changed months if not years ago.

Flashlights are shown in lobby. No Mither shows at the start, unbreakable is usable once. Soul guard only works if they’re affected by a hex and most of the hexes require a criteria. Boil over is literally shown if used by the person.

are these games tedious to deal with? Without a doubt. Is it mean to run builds like this? Yes. But don’t call it what it isn’t.

Literally the only thing you can see in the lobby is flashlights. You don't know that it's going to be a locker flashlight squad--and that's not very counterable; if you take the things to counter it, you're probably forfeiting the game by default.

You can't do anything about SWF sabo squads or the Boil Over abuse because by the time you know they're in play, it's too late. You've picked a Killer, you've picked a set of perks that aren't based around countering this highly specific tactic, you've seen the addons saying it's going to be impossible to get hooks.

So once you're in the game, then what? You can't get to hooks, so hooking is out. You might be able to camp a slug until they die, then the next, then the next etc. If you can keep them slugged. If you're willing to spend 20 minutes not playing the game after downing someone--if you do anything but stop actually taking part and trying, you can't possibly end it. So, the game is held hostage. The other three Survivors could win at any time if they wanted. And if they want to waste your time even more, and they can pick themselves up, then you're going to be spending ages on it. If you can even keep them down and they won't just manage to cycle someone else in.

You can't counter it to prevent a hostage situation, because there's no "counter" that will force the game to end in a reasonable time. Same way people playing hide and seek doesn't have a counter but you can still win.

You're overly fixating on the notion that because the objective is theoretically completable over the length of 4 normal games, it's not been taken hostage. But it has, because dragging it out that long without making any effort to complete the objective is the exact thing that has been suggested to be reportable behaviour: you're not letting someone actively play the game, and you're not letting the game end. They can't leave to go on to the next game, and they can't get in chases and try to hook without being stuck even longer without progress.

You can insist it's not your definition of taking the game hostage, but it lines up perfectly well with what we've already been told is reportable. Arguing that it's "just" tedious and mean is a completely bizarre defence.

It doesn't matter how you queue, the game isn't 1v1

After 3 days of trying the perk you only wiggled one time ? Omg I cant count how many time I escaped killer shoulder in one game. I think you dont use it the right way. The perk need a nerf.