I mean in terms of the plate overload that is BWL, AQ is a little more evenly itemized. Also, 'mage-worthy' depends on your level of gear when you start doing AQ. By your definition I would guess you have BWL farmed to your heart's content, but not all guilds that are doing AQ have had BWL on farm status since Q3 2005. My own guild killed Nef for the first time in Feb and put Huhu down last week, so there are several drops we still haven't seen that people are waiting for. Even the ring that Skeram drops is an upgrade for some of our lower-attendance casters, and having -targresist items on standby isn't the worst of ideas.

I hate to be the pedantic one, but...

Gloves of Hypnotic Flame have both + spell damage and + fire damage on them. I do agree that these are probably like the rogue items with + attack power and + agility on them though, and they won't be making any more of them.