AzureSkyCiel

The latter point you make is a rather interesting one, Arcanaville, I mean let's look at what all the Incarnates we've seen in game wear so far:

Statesman: Wears perhaps the most visually obvious superhero wear ever. The only thing that distinguishes him is how his cap sets over his shoulders and the faceplate. Otherwise, I've always felt that if you saw a picture of Statesman without any additional context, you would know he's a super hero, and he does it without wearing Incarnate armor.

Lord Recluse: He wears armor alright, but definitely nothing that screams "incarnate" instead it says "Spider-man, Evil Overlord."

Stheno: Also wears armor, golden armor in fact, but it feels ancient than ascendant, strangely regal than other-worldly.

Imperious: Roman armor, horns, Statesman's cape and mask... Yeah, honestly, Romulus looked more impressive.

Emperor Cole/Tyrant: none of what he wears looks like an Incarnate armor, if anything, his armor is still meant to be a more regal and imperial looking version of Statesman's. When he doesn't wear that, he looks like he's auditioning for The Candy Man Can.

Trapdoor: Yeah, nothing that looks very Incarnate about him when he's all in spandex, even moreso than States. Nope, nothing terrible "Incarnate" looking about him.

You: Yes, your characters that have reached Incarnate. No offense, but they probably don't look very Incarnate, or at least not the image of Incarnate they're trying to push in Ascension armor. Instead, much like all other Incarnates listed here thus far, you look like any normal character who's had a loving amount of attention paid to your character design.

Edit:
Hero 1: (Thanks to That Ninja) A lot like Statesman, he looks very typically superhero-ish, though more unique in that you'd think his helmet's visor would hint at him being a cyborg. (what? no one else thought that?)

My personally theory is that Cole made up the Incarnate Armor business make sure his IDF know who to shoot first.

Were I queen of the universe, my walks would be decidedly more silly.

another temp power recipes I'd like to see:

-Sub-Machine Gun (lets you use Burst with an SMG model)

-Assault Rifle (Heavy Burst)

-Portable Gatling Gun (special model of a gatling gun held AR style that uses Full Auto)

So there are plenty of people who have been asking for an Incarnate solo path, and while the Devs understand this, they don't want people to stop playing the Trials and such they've worked their ***** off on.
So here's my compromise, a special series of solo TFs in Ouroboros, what are they about?

They're about attempting to learn more about the nature of the Incarnates by possessing Incarnates of the past. Though a special form shift power, you will enter each mission arc and play through some of the major events that would shape the lives of many Incarnates we know now.
Play as the Praetorian and Primal Marcus Cole to witness how alike their lives were yet radically different, play as a fledgling Lord Recluse as he rises to the top of the food chain, live out Stheno's curse as she becomes the monster, and more could be added.

Now for the mechanical and reward parts, basically, since so many people wanted a solo path, part of the catch with these is that they are SOLO ONLY. After all, there's only one Marcus Cole (Per-dimension) and such, so you will be facing Incarnate level trials solely on your own.
The next is rewards, I think how it could work is that the first time you go through each arc and complete them, you earn a small number of Emp Merits, maybe like five at the most, ultimately it depends on how many could be added. The second time, you get a larger sum of Astral merits, and on the third run, you only get some Reward merits.

so, what do you guys think? Aside from the dire need to be fleshed out.

Let's see... Possible powersets they can explore:

Melee:
- Staffs (Smashy polearms)
- Spears (Pointy Polearms)
- Long Blades (Slashy polearms like scythes and halberds)
- Ice Melee for Stalkers (Since I'm not sure how well just porting the tank version would work for their play style, might need nearly a new set)
- Psi-weapons (A bit out there, but still)

Blast:
- Laser Rifle/gun (Like the Bots MM one)
- Explosives and Heavy Ordinance (might be hard to justify why an explosive is an ST though)
- Heavy Machine Gun (Because Assault rifle is terrible for when you just want a full auto rifle)
- Sniper rifle (Because assault rifle is even worse for snipers. though opposite of Explosives, it will be hard to make this rifle be more than ST)
- Elemental Blast (As in multiple elements, though it's not likely either)

Control/mez:
- Dark Control
- Munitions Control
- Radiation/Energy/light control (another stretch)

Buff/debuff:
- Tactical Strategy (Needs a tier nine called "Tactical Genius" that forces all enemies to shout "CREEEEEED!!!!!")
- Nature set (sort of DE inspired)

Assault (Though technically proliferations):
- Dark Assault
- Radiation Assault

Henchmen:
- Battle Servants
- Magicians/elementals (unlikely)
- Disembodied Weapons (... what?)
- Animals (Stretching the limits of the tech severely)

Armors:
- Beastial Instincts (Probably something like a cross between /nin and shield)
- Plant Armor
- Storm Armor
(Admittedly, those also push it)
- Cybernetic/power body armor

Scirocco might work well with Vigilantes, you know, if he was honest about what his goal was to said vigilante from the beginning.
Unfortunately that would alter the whole nature of the finale of his second arc.