It would have been the awesomest-est feature ever if #1 was:  "Your Mom" 

I remember the Transport Skiff, and even had one.  But in typical SOE A-hole fashion(and another reason why they were so rare) , they put a monster on Mustafar that could destroy it in one hit.  That meant it was gone and you couldn't repair it.

This has to be a joke. No Nightmare from UO? You could dismount it and have it kill things for you! The nightmare was a mount and a weapon. I miss that game!

What fool made this list.

Chocobos and the Lineage 2 wyvern are the best mounts ever.

Planetside Galaxy Transport... ah... the memories

the best "mount" was the way Asheron's Call did it.

they gave you a skill calle RUN and it was up to you to increase it.

If you want to be a super fast runner, all you had to do is pour experience points into run.

I remember seeing players with 300 in run/jump and not only were they ultra fast, but could jump over houses, which looked awesome and felt supernatural

talk about real life super heroes hehe

Honorable mention to Mabinogi mounts in general since you can actually log in and play AS your mount, fight creatures as them, level them up, and have them fight with you while you're logged into your character.

I had a griffin.

Meh I remember the super long grind to get that Vanguard wolf mount. took weeks to solo it lol

the $5m Yalmaha in AO.  I still remember that new yalm smell when i just got it so many years ago...

As far as silly mounts go, i gotta admit that the giant flying sabretooth squirel (treeglider) in EQ2 is pretty awesome.

Guild Wars' map travel system makes the entire concept of mounts as they are in most MMORPGs completely obsolete.

I loved my turtle mount in wow. I remember buying the ccg to see what it was like and finding the card inside with a code for the turtle. It was so slow but i loved riding it whenever I was in Iron forge.

The Fenrir from Lineage 2

Well i tought mount were animals, now if you include ships, i guess my top pick would be the Yalmaha from Anarchy Online.

I recently acquired this in Rift, I kinda like it :)

I don't know about the best mount or anything but one of the coolest things involving mounts was the actual mounting animation for the mammoth in AoC.

I summarily exclude anything not aquired through gameplay from achieving the rank of "awesome" in my mind.

Originally posted by EvilGeek

I recently acquired this in Rift, I kinda like it :)

 

Makes me wanna come back to rift :O. Totally pretty.

The Transport Skiff was so awesome. Loved the tamed mounts too. What a shame...

I don't know if it counts, but Perfect World Internation has the ability for players to carry other players.  That way you can have somoene else be your mount! :D

Originally posted by Wearacup

This has to be a joke. No Nightmare from UO? You could dismount it and have it kill things for you! The nightmare was a mount and a weapon. I miss that game!

 

Agree 100%  Nightmares from UO have the be the #1 mount for me. I STILL have the same nightmare years later. How often do you guys change mounts in your mmo? Sorry, but my nm had character and a history, and more pvp kills than most griefers. Almost makes me want to resub just to say hi to him.

Originally posted by logan400k

Planetside Galaxy Transport... ah... the memories

I second this one.  I loved flying those things, oh the antics.