Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
At first I thought you wanted the icon to reflect what mount you are currently using...
Yeah, a different icon would be a massive PITA.
The reasoning is vanity, really. Sometimes I'll see someone riding or flying along and wonder, "Hey, that's cool. What kind of mount is that and how can I get it?"

Then spend half an hour in a 3rd party site sifting through images of every mount in the game trying to find the one that matches.