This game is great, except I have a problem...

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I decided to try a lone-wolf game with 2 lonewolves but the Orc armor buried by the Orc in Cyrael's beach doesn't spawn in the game. I dig him out but his corpse is empty. Is this a feature or a bug?

I noticed on this playthrough I've been getting different loot (plate armor and such) so I can live without but I like the look of that armor.