I was confused by how purchasing the gear worked too. In order to redeem my freebie Legacy item, I could ONLY redeem the gear if I was the appropriate class with the token. So, I couldn't use my token to get myself a gun to give to my Bounty Hunter. I have to give the token to my bounty hunter so she can use it to get a gun?
Either way, I concur, you get orange guns before even go to the 2nd planet with the vendors, so... isn't this gear entirely pointless at that point then?