Turns out there's really not much to worry about. Won't impact cosmetics so all they need to do is stop locking better weapons and characters behind this shit.
The text of Hawleys bill was released today. It defines a pay-to-win microtransaction as one that:
... with respect to an interactive digital entertainment product that, from the perspective of a reasonable user of the product, is a game offering a scoring system, a set of goals to achieve, a set of rewards, or a sense of interactive progression through the products content including but not limited to narrative progression
(I) eases a users progression through content otherwise available within the game without the purchase of such transaction;
(II) assists a user in accomplishing an achievement within the game that can otherwise be accomplished without the purchase of such transaction;
(III) assists a user in receiving an award associated with the game that is otherwise available in association with the game without the purchase of such transaction; or
(IV) permits a user to continue to access content of the game that had previously been accessible to the user but has been made inaccessible after the expiration of a timer or a number of gameplay attempts; or
(ii) with respect to an interactive digital entertainment product that, from the perspective of a reasonable user of the product, is a game featuring competition with other users, provides a user with a competitive advantage with respect to the games competitive aspects over users who do not make such a transaction.
The prohibited microtransactions would not include higher difficulty modes, cosmetic items or add-on content.
The affected microtransactions, along with lootboxes, would be barred from minor-oriented games. Which games would those be? The bill does not refer to game ratings such as E or T and instead defines the targeted games as those for which the target audience is individuals under the age of 18. Games that are played by adults could be viewed as highly appealing to minors and could be impacted.
These are some nice specifications. I was a bit worried before for how broad the bill seemed to be but these are good lines that are drawn. Some this seems to apply to Pokemons mystery gift which Id also like to see go but since you dont technically pay for anything it probably wont be affected. ---