Hratikit wasn't removed. From what I understand, he was asked to send notes explaining what's he does when he's around.

That seems like a simple solution. If I was Chancellor or Advisor or a Scion Imm and I got regular letters from a Scion who obviously was around when I wasn't letting me know that he spent his time battling huge armies defending the Scepter, or he was researching magic area X and his last discovery was Y, or he slew this guy and that guy. Just short simple notes in whatever tone is appropriate to the character...then I would be glad to keep him around. But if I have no knowledge of what they are doing and they delete as soon as I ask, well, that's that. It doesn't matter if the player is skilled or not at that point.

I would prefer Scion had a round the clock presence, but that's gonna take work. Its silly to expect to be able to be a Scion but not give your leaders any indication of your worth.

So yes, playing at off times will require a bit more work(writing a quick note before you log off) and offers less chance of immteraction(because maybe they are around less when you are), but its does not mean you cannot play an effective Scion and take part in imm run quests.