I've read every post here and being new to perp but an 07 eve "vet" I see both sides on this one. MT's in general are a very good thing not only for the players but for the game company itself as well.
Like someone else stated MT's however few are sold give the company more money to either a. put right back into the game or b. put back into keeping their dev's employed. Either way that is good for the game, and for the perp vets and us EVE ex-pats.
P2P MT's however should be vanity only for sure and the dev's here have openly stated that yes there may be MT's and that they are planned. But they've also clearly stated that MT's will under no-circumstances - noway-nohow-never affect gameplay. Now I may be new here but I am inclined to believe them. What with their open-door policies, the fact that you know who they are both in game and on the forums, and their willingness to chat with you via PM for 20 minutes about absolutely nothing pertinent to the game. It is GM's and DEV's like the guys here that don't act like they are GM's and DEV's but more like just a very knowledgable and helpful friend. It is communication like this, as long as it keeps up, from the GM's and DEV's that (as I told a GM the other day) will go a long way with us eve ex-pats because of the years of constant zero-communication we have endured.
One thing people need to remember is MT's are here -- that is the way games are going both F2P and P2P and nothing we can do about that. All we can do is urge the game companies not to add in any game-changing MT's and see the outcome of it. Now in the case of F2P (such as warrock), game-changing items are dime a dozen: premium accounts, better weapons and such...
Many people want to string CCP up like a goold ol'fashioned lynch mob and thats fine. But I for one, would like to thank them for what they have done and what they are doing. Because of their game changing MT's, because of their constant lies, their lack of communication and general lack of respect of its player base it has driven me away and into a game that, at least for now and hopefully a long time to come, the dev's and gm's actually care what I think. So thanks CCP for all the hell you put me through for the last 4 years and forcing me to find a game with attentive members AND employees.