I agree with the OP, it's really weird at the moment...

My memory is failing me, but didn't we get Tomestone in ST at the same time as Nexus, or even before it?

Either way, it's completely different right now... because if the Zeta quest took as long as the other steps, maybe you could argue that the Tomestone from Wod could be pushed up some weeks, but I pretty much had my Zeta on the first day.... Only reason I didn't get it on the first day, was because of the loading screen thing which I was stuck in for over 4 hours...

They made the Zeta quest so extremely short because the expansion is coming soon, and they want to make it worth it before that... So what about the Encrypted tomestone then?

I don't need it on my main obviously, but I want to gear up my MNK at the moment, and it feels like I'm stuck with old weapons that have been in the game for a long time now, and unless my newly formed static picks up pace really fast, I won't be able to get it through T11-T12 any time soon.

Hardcore players have either Dreadwyrm or Zeta, even on their alts maybe... Medium-core have Zeta. Why would people care if casuals could get the Ironworks weapons? The expansion is soon out, and those weapons isn't as good anyways...