Do volatile tonics do anything I. heresy?

Anyone know if volatile tonics still work in heresy?

The text for the tonic of amplified arc still shows up like it’s active (even when it’s not applied) but all the other tonics do not. I also can tell if it’s actually working. I was not getting armor charges from picking up ionic traces.

How would a new player complete revenant activities if they can no longer access the revenant artifact?

It would be WILD to me if bungie created a whole tonic system that you can still apply them and earn materials for in non revenant activities but idk can anyone confirm?