Get Aela the Huntress to use the bow I give her

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Is there any way I can get Aela to upgrade her bow? I've managed to get her to use the armor and melee weapon I give her, although she does sit around the house in her underwear now and I need to take/give her something back to get her to redress. She just keeps using the same standard bow she always did.

I didn't see anything I could take from her nor anything that I could 'buy' from her store.

thanks.

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See Equipment AI bug (bows).

Experiment with different bows and arrows. I can get Jenassa to use a Glass bow and Glass arrows. If she runs out of arrows she reverts to her standard bow. Since I rarely have enough Glass arrows for her, I give her a large stack of Iron arrows.

Also keep in mind that the follower is oblivious to your Smithing upgrades. The follower only looks at the base damage of the equipment to decide which is better.

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Skyrim Gameplay – Where to Get Thieves’ Guild Armor

Thanks to a useful post on Yahoo! Answers, I realized there's actually three sets of Thieves Guild Armor you can spawn through the console, and the UESP is listing the wrong one. The ones you want are as follow:

player.additem 000d3ac2 1
player.additem 000d3ac3 1
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I've just confirmed it working. The ones the UESP list aren't visible in inventory view (they do show up in the world, though). I suspect they're meant for NPCs, since many NPCs carry invisible-from-inventory armor. Being different armor, it won't work with Tonilia's quest.

For completeness's sake:

00036584 - Armor, NPC version
000d3ac3 - Armor, Basic version
000d3acc - Armor, Upgraded version

00036583 - Boots, NPC
000d3ac2 - Boots, Basic 
000d3acb - Boots, Upgraded

00042be9 - Glove, NPC
000d3ac4 - Glove, Basic 
000d3acd - Glove, Upgraded

00036585 - Hood, NPC
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Will Aela the Huntress ever use werewolf form in combat

I completed the game, and in all my time playing, and having her follow me, I have never seen her wolf out.

So, I guess not.

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