Riots Plan: Hypermobile Mages?

Hi guys,

So I just thought about all the changes, rune and items Riot have introduced for AP champions, and realised that they pretty much all have one thing in common: They give mobility. I'm not sure if this was some plan of Riots to improve the feel of mages that are immobile; if so it failed miserably, but nevertheless I think if they stopped trying to give mobility, and focused on more beneficial/viable/varied AP items, mages might be in a much better spot.

What are your guys thought? Is it intentional attempt to improve mages or just a dump stat?