Capital Games TeamThe full Era Level to gear level conversion is in the recent Andor Era article.
Era of Andor Information | EA Forums - 13155631
And they aren't just giving out LSTs for free. A lot of people paid crystals and real world currency in order to get Episode Passes and gear and so forth. This is a return on that investment. If the ratio is terrible then people will spend a lot less in the upcoming Era season.
I read all that but I never noticed the 3 gear pcs for L70. I never read the table as I thought it was the same as released at the beginning. I was pleasantly surprised to see those 3 gear pieces on my characters. I thought I'd wasted money on getting to 70 for nothing.