That happened to me. I'm a casual day one player. Destiny is virtually only thing I've played since launch - but at just a few hours a week, I still haven't hit the day 4 mark as far as playtime.Hmm i've been playing Destiny solo on and off and just got an e-mail from bungie saying to claim my legendary item. Does this happen often? Or is there some trigger? I think I recently hit level 26.
Anyway, last year, maybe Nov, I got an email saying to pick up my legendary gear. I assume the game was trying to figure out why my character was leveling so slow, and wanted to throw me a bone! Pretty sure a Vanguard fusion rifle was what I got out of that.
I also received a second, similarly worded email - it was either coins or ascendant material waiting at the postmaster, can't recall.