In regards to Aegis and Ochain, they frequently are not necessary, yes, but the problem there with people demanding them, as I just saw the other night people specifically demanding a NIN with 100 Job Points for Utsusemi: San (and I believe we were also promises that these things would not be things that would become requirements, just nice perks for playing a job), the problem is the playerbase who cannot function without such crutches because they've not had to for years and years and years.

As to RME, my stance on that is pretty much in every thread I can post it in that's related to it. Mythics should definitely be the most powerful of the three, with Empyrean to follow. Relics are just too incredibly easy to make by comparison with the other two. They should be better than the rest of the 119 trash that is increasingly better than RME with each update, since not all 119 gear is created equal, and the power creep is pretty silly.