Does this require an internet connection while playing?

Fair warnng This Company's CS is the worst to deal with look at my review on Fat Wallet. http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/deal-discussion/1193258/

@bigfrank: I have never had a problem with this company. Maybe I am a lucky one, but I have purchased numerous items, and all were new and as described. I have purchased this system and it is pretty awesome. We have kids at our house playing this system all the time (we have 8 guns and vests).

@flyingwriter: I think the website says something like 8 together if you buy enough kits, and the range from the base station (which keeps score and other stats like ammo (I think)) is like 300m

For you software nerds, it sounds like there is also an API to write your own game mods, and there are some avaiable on the web already

I was bummed I missed this last time, I won't pass it up this time.

Check out the reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/UBISOFT-Battle-Tag-Player-Laser/dp/B007HHQLL6

I bought enough for 8 players one of the first time this was posted. I received them very quickly with no problems. The game is a lot of fun, and the more players the better. Everything works really well, but I wish they would have at least given us the ability to easily create our own game modes.

You can buy multiple of these packs to have up to an eight player game, you just won't use the extra Ubiconnects. It does not require a constant internet connection to play, but the first time you are connected to the internet it will update everything which will take a little while.

@jimnms: no internet connection required while playing or when you start the game. Only during initial install of the PC software and the initial gun update.

@jimnms: The game does NOT require an internet connection to play. However, it does periodically update the software (and will on initial install) which does require being online. Assuming you install onto a portable system, you are free to take it someplace with no connection to play once the setup is done.

While last month's was better (http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/3b29a64d-8d44-47f4-a7b1-7e9d1b6bf970/ubisoft-battle-tag-ultimate-combo-pack-3-t-blasters-3-vests-4-t-bases-2-ammo#34) I am still very tempted to jump on this...

@tehtruth: Can you do a direct link? I have 12 guns and would LOVE a 16 player game.

Also, this deal doesn't have the expansion pack. I have 2 extras from that deal that I could part with. It includes 2 health packs and 2 more bases and you can play CTF more or less this way and a few other game modes.

I've been asking 40 bucks plus shipping, which seems cheaper than what ebay is asking for by at least 20 bucks if anyone is interested.

flatline42 at gmail is your best bet. Just topic it "battle tag expansion". I have two unopened and will part with at least one. Right now the cheapest I've seen it go on ebay is 60 bucks, and most of the buy it nows are for 100 bucks, which is stupid.

The expansion is interesting. It gives you 4 more game modes, including rustler, which is pretty close to CTF.

The URL for the homebrew mods is:
http://battletag.wikinet.org/wiki/Main_Page

Among other things you can set up 16 player games and a few other things. It looks like the homebrew station software is humming along nicely too. Ubisoft may have abandoned the game, but just the ability to get 16 players going is enough to make it a viable system for me (team games get interesting starting with 5 players in my experience).

@xbeachyxkeenx: That was the problem... and at retail price that's the problem here too. 100 bucks a tagger is insane. The 25-30 you're paying here is far more reasonable.