*calls Dibs on being the God of Ribbons and Pouncing!*
Actually it has already been stated that Player Incarnates are a different from Statesman/Recluse Incarnates and that the story arc to unlock said Incarnate slot will explain the difference.
So while none of my characters are a God or empowered by Godlike beings they can become Incarnates of an ideal or natural characters simply find new, inner strength they never realised they had, unlocking their true potential if you will.
Hmmmm... they wouldn't quite go the whole hog route of "GOD", but of my mains...
Agent Andrea Blake (dark/psi def) - Avatar of the Netherworld.
Johanna Sinclair (en/en blaster) & Mender Anomaly (en/mm blaster) - Avatars of Chronos/Kairos (Time).
Kakita Nasami (katana/regen scrapper) - one of Amaterasu's Chosen.
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Defender: What deity did you get?
Scrapper: I got 'Binbogami'. WTH? God of bimbos?
Defender: Let me look it up. Let's see-- Ah, Japanese god of poverty. Has the aspect of a 'Binbomushi' or ticking deathwatch beetle.
Scrapper: So I'm a poor cockroach god now?
Defender: A poor 'Deathwatch Beetle' god. Delete and re-roll?
Scrapper: Yep. Delete and re-roll.
I suspect we'll see lots of angels of death, various underworld gods, and the Dark Lord Darkity Darkness the 4th type incarnations, BUT I've always been surprised at how creative the playerbase can be when challenged. I'm curious to see how people are going to be original and creative with their incarnation-hood.
I declare myself the god of tight abs and pillowy bosoms.
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I already have one character that gains her powers from a deity. That said, we'll wait and see.
My main scrapper, due to the fact that he's the latest reincarnation of a human that made a vow to kill all gods and non-humans (something he's gotten under control since, out of control would make it seriously cramp his social life and his already poor social skills), cannot become an Incarnate for a Deity. RPwise, he will simply start to gain the full extent of his abilities without being taken over by them as well as gain the benefit of 14,000+ years of experience of fighting.
I sort of do this already to a small extent when he uses the Dayjob accolade power: Rune of Purification.
On the otherhand, my blaster is going to take this "Incarnate of a Deity" thing as basically meaning that she becomes an Exalted, possibly Solar, maybe Sidereal (Chosen of Battles) given her theory on using magic to invoke change within magic itself.
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My namesake already draws his power from Hades so tick the box for another dark avatar. However I could see my SS/Fire Brute being an avatar of rage and my Sonic/Em Blaster as being an avatar of song.
I guess we'll see what being an Incarnate really means and take it from there really.
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SuperFerret, my oft-rerolled main, is something of a diplomat between humanity and other animals, so I figure he'd be an agent of Artemis or Diana or some other nature deity.
My mains are already incarnates of themselves. Have been since level 1. I-19/20/21 whatever will be nothing but them coming more into their own.
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I have but one character who would fit the bill, and that is Princess Inna of the house of Inamen, heir to the very power of creation, as handed down to her kind by the very creators existence, themselves. Provided the game doesn't hamstring by making me choose an existing religious deity, this is what I'd pick, and be all the happier for it.
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Are you (or your character) a god? And if so, what god are you?
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No I am not
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The only character I have who is an actual divinity is The Lady of Wrath my EN/Dark Brute, and she's only in her 30s. A lost goddess of rage whom the CoT tried to bind, who possessed the sacrifice and slaughtered the mages; she's still not back to her full strength as a dark goddess (thus the whole not level 50 yet thing). Divine Wrath my Fire/Shield Scrapper comes close, an angel with a burning sword; but isn't even 30 yet. Also close to a goddess would be my Fire/Fire Brute Queen of the Inferno, she's "the avatar of the Queen of Hell"; but again, not 50.|
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My 50s are my Ill/Rad Controller Entropic Girl who brings "chaos and disorder to the minds and bodies of her enemies"; I supposed she'd be an Incarnation of Entropy like her name. And my Bots/Traps Mastermind Pain Machine who would definitely be the Incarnation of Torture.
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Rushmore will be going from being an Avatar of the Spirit of America, to the Ambassador of the Spirit of America. This means that he'll get to use his powers outside of US soil (and on other dimensions) when he gains his Incarnate ability, kicking up his powers in response to the Praetorian invasion. America doesn't much like being invaded, so having an eight foot tall superhero to smash their faces into rocks is a good idea.
Once he gets to 50, Nachtbrecher will be unlocking more secrets of the technomagic of Thule to empower him. As a Government agent, it'll help in his shadow work.
Fusebox, Cindersnap and Quickfrost will be unlocking the potential of their mutant abilities, using the 'Incarnate' thing to basically go to a new level of power, rather than actual incarnate-dom.
Number Nine will harness more power and control from the singularity that powers her.
Tina P. Caustaf, my Demon/Thermal MM for Pacts4U will just get a promotion after clinching some good deals for the company. 
In all seriousness, I'll be using the Incarnate abilities for sure but I dunno if anyone will count as 'godly' with them, avatar or otherwise.
Alpha - Further high tier technological upgrades, hopefully I can use at least one power to represent Reason, his orbital railcannon that tends to hide under cloaking field on the dark side of the moon.
Nightwalker - Further scientific advances on the path of whatever he's attempting to achieve in relation to himself and his fellow Nictus.
Most of my characters will probably just use it to fill in gaps and grant them similar powers to stuff I previously had to just RP (if possible). Depends what the powers are first 
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Now what is the definition of a god these days? Is it somebody who has power far beyond that of a normal being?
Or perhaps its a higher being that is in charge of something important such as the weather/travel to the underworld/light?
Or is it a hero who was worshiped a long time ago [well before our time], who during then the civilians was unable to conceive that such a power existed [think romulus] and thus thought of him/her as a god?
I dont believe in gods, just as people who have reached the pinacle of their powers. So will my character become a god? No, because he is on a path of constantly improving his abilities.
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God are extra-dimensional being with awesome powers that can become worshipped by earthlings at some point of time. A few of my characters derive some or all powers from creatures like this. Being able to gain more powers from these beings and as such becoming incarnates if they wheren't one already.
- Nightseye is the incarnate/avatar of the Egyptean cat-goddess Bast. She was always meant to be an incarnate. So that is a no brainer.
- Elizabeth Bathory maybe a vampire... but she made deals for power with the Dark Lords the N'Garai. Being Lovecraftian here. Demon gods like that can bestow more powers in time to their channel/focus on this plane of reality. Making Elizabeth somesort of incarnate.
- Desert Princess is a living prison for an all-powerful H'Djinn. Evil as it is it is hard to control and she is still learning more and more control over his powers. It is a no-bariner that she will gain even more control then she would have thought possible. Becoming like an incarnate of the H'Djinn itself.
These are only three I can explain with ease. Ofcourse i could make my Werewolf an incarnate of the norse wolfgod Fenrir in time. etc... but these three are my most important toons and easiest to explain an incarnate status.
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Hmm, well only have 3 50's at the moment (one of whom is a peacebringer so possibly not going incarnate with him as not entirely sure how I could explain it concept wise). Of the other two characters:
White Warlock: As is he is a magic-origin ill/storm/primal controller who has the Archmage badge title for a reason and is often (semi) jokingly referred to as Gandalf by a number of other characters. So I guess it's not a massive leap to have him become sort sort of Avatar/Chosen of Magic or something along those lines.
Black Providence: A mutant origin MA/SR scrapper with the SR representing the fact he is a high level precog. I imagine that much like Z's mutants him turning incarnate will just be him unlocking more of his mutant abilities rather than turning into some sort of horrific hybrid of Chuck Norris and Savras...
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Nope.
Given that I lost interest in my few level 50's as soon as they got to 50, I will be surprised if ever achieve the incarnate slot. Maybe this time it will be different.
Even if I do get incarnate status, I don't feel any sense of identity with a supernatural deity.
Kind of liked the Wheel of Gods Roulette game idea though.
This question is tougher than I thought it would be. Despite the fact that there are *lots* of deities on this planet to choose from, it can be tough to pigeon-hole your characters into one specific god.
American Argonaut is my favorite toon. 50 WP/SS tank. Essentially that other blue and red clad superhero we all know. I don't see him as an avatar of Zeus, or of any other deity on earth. Rather, I kind of think that maybe, just maybe, he is an avatar of the old Rikti gods who are striving to ensure that (1) Earth Prime doesn't suffer the same fate and (2) peace is restored between the Rikti factions. (Odd, I know.)
Plasma Fury is a 50 fire/fire blaster. It took him a long time to get to where he could be in control of his powers, but now he's VERY good at it. I'm fairly certain he's the avatar of a sun god.
Both Jacob Hunt (a DP/MM) and Sideshow Freak (Thugs/Poison) are definitely avatars of Loki. It's all about them, and god help you if you're between them and what they want. Oddly, Jacob is a Praetorian who's realized that the Invasion doesn't serve his ultimate goal, and he's moved to Paragon to fight against it.
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As a duly-constituted representative of the City of New York, and on behalf of the County and State of New York, the United States of America, the Planet Earth and all its inhabitants, I hereby order you to cease and desist any and all supernatural activity and return at once to your place of origin or next parallel dimension.
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We know of a few in-game Incarnates already. Statesman and Imperious are both incarnations of Zeus, and likely Statesman is a reincarnation of Imperious. Lord Recluse is an incarnation of the Titan Tartarus. Reichsman and Tyrant, alternate dimension clones of Statesman are also likely Incarnates.
The implication is pretty obvious. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Comic authors have mentioned 'Incarnations' of deities or natural forces pretty frequently in the last century. The concept goes way, WAY back, and features broadly in most of the world's religions.
If you become an incarnate, via whatever means (Well of the Furies Lite -- only 1 Calorie!), there's a fairly good chance that you're supposed to become or represent some kind of deity or primal force as it exists on Paragon Earth.
Are you (or your character) a god? And if so, what god are you?