Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Why is it that space wolf vehicles don't get acute senses when almost every model in the army does, and almost every single dark eldar unit, including vehicles, do?

Because that's how they are written. The only vehicle upgrades to assist night fighting that I know of are tau upgrades, blacksun filters.

For fluff reasons, Space Wolves have acute senses because they take their helmets off and can see and smell freely. You can't exactly see and smell freely from inside a Rhino or Dreadnought.

DE have night vision due to the nature of the webway and their upbringing, and most of their vehicles are open decks with DE just standing on them.

Space Wolves have acute senses because they have better hearing/vision than other marines..and as such will better detect enemies when out and about. Crewing a vehicle starts to cancel out those benefits, even with advanced sights etc.

Just my 2 c.