I've actually noticed in some videos from the DLC that, in a battle there were elite danish vikingr who were in proper mail with shield and full length sword and all ... It was in 1.03 as far as i could see aswell. And it was storyline mode, not sure if this affects anything ...
Perhaps i'm really unlucky? Or is it actually a bug? And if so is it possibly from the recent hotfixes? I suddenly have so many questions, you'll have to excuse me but i'm really curious if anyone knows now