diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Gateway/GatewayLimits.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Gateway/GatewayLimits.cs
index 7c0ea68f5..8b5cdf32b 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Gateway/GatewayLimits.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Gateway/GatewayLimits.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System;
+
 namespace Discord.Rest
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,13 +11,28 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
         ///     Gets or sets the global limits for the gateway rate limiter.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>
-        ///     This property includes all the other limits, like Identify.
+        ///     This property includes all the other limits, like Identify,
+        ///     and it is per websocket.
         /// </remarks>
         public GatewayLimit Global { get; set; }
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets or sets the limits of Identify requests.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     This limit is included into <see cref="Global"/> but it is
+        ///     also per account.
+        /// </remarks>
         public GatewayLimit Identify { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the limits of Presence Update requests.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     Presence updates include activity (playing, watching, etc)
+        ///     and status (online, idle, etc)
+        /// </remarks>
+        public GatewayLimit PresenceUpdate { get; set; }
+
+        public string IdentifySemaphoreName { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a new <see cref="GatewayLimits"/> with the default values.
@@ -24,6 +41,8 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
         {
             Global = new GatewayLimit(120, 60);
             Identify = new GatewayLimit(1, 5);
+            PresenceUpdate = new GatewayLimit(5, 60);
+            IdentifySemaphoreName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
         }
 
         internal static GatewayLimits GetOrCreate(GatewayLimits limits)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/GatewayBucket.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/GatewayBucket.cs
index 2177031df..b1f6aae0e 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/GatewayBucket.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/GatewayBucket.cs
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
     public enum GatewayBucketType
     {
         Unbucketed = 0,
-        Identify = 1
+        Identify = 1,
+        PresenceUpdate = 2,
     }
     internal struct GatewayBucket
     {
         private static ImmutableDictionary<GatewayBucketType, GatewayBucket> DefsByType;
         private static ImmutableDictionary<string, GatewayBucket> DefsById;
+        private static string IdentifySemaphoreName;
 
         static GatewayBucket()
         {
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
 
         public static GatewayBucket Get(GatewayBucketType type) => DefsByType[type];
         public static GatewayBucket Get(string id) => DefsById[id];
+        public static string GetIdentifySemaphoreName() => IdentifySemaphoreName;
 
         public static void SetLimits(GatewayLimits limits)
         {
@@ -28,11 +31,14 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
             Preconditions.GreaterThan(limits.Global.Seconds, 0, nameof(limits.Global.Seconds), "Global seconds must be greater than zero.");
             Preconditions.GreaterThan(limits.Identify.Count, 0, nameof(limits.Identify.Count), "Identify count must be greater than zero.");
             Preconditions.GreaterThan(limits.Identify.Seconds, 0, nameof(limits.Identify.Seconds), "Identify seconds must be greater than zero.");
+            Preconditions.GreaterThan(limits.PresenceUpdate.Count, 0, nameof(limits.PresenceUpdate.Count), "PresenceUpdate count must be greater than zero.");
+            Preconditions.GreaterThan(limits.PresenceUpdate.Seconds, 0, nameof(limits.PresenceUpdate.Seconds), "PresenceUpdate seconds must be greater than zero.");
 
             var buckets = new[]
             {
                 new GatewayBucket(GatewayBucketType.Unbucketed, "<gateway-unbucketed>", limits.Global.Count, limits.Global.Seconds),
-                new GatewayBucket(GatewayBucketType.Identify, "<gateway-identify>", limits.Identify.Count, limits.Identify.Seconds)
+                new GatewayBucket(GatewayBucketType.Identify, "<gateway-identify>", limits.Identify.Count, limits.Identify.Seconds),
+                new GatewayBucket(GatewayBucketType.PresenceUpdate, "<gateway-presenceupdate>", limits.Identify.Count, limits.Identify.Seconds),
             };
 
             var builder = ImmutableDictionary.CreateBuilder<GatewayBucketType, GatewayBucket>();
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
             foreach (var bucket in buckets)
                 builder2.Add(bucket.Id, bucket);
             DefsById = builder2.ToImmutable();
+
+            IdentifySemaphoreName = limits.IdentifySemaphoreName;
         }
 
         public GatewayBucketType Type { get; }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueue.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueue.cs
index be7dd8b38..639aef7c5 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueue.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueue.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Discord.Rest;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 #if DEBUG_LIMITS
@@ -22,12 +23,15 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
         private CancellationTokenSource _requestCancelTokenSource;
         private CancellationToken _requestCancelToken; //Parent token + Clear token
         private DateTimeOffset _waitUntil;
+        private Semaphore _identifySemaphore;
 
         private Task _cleanupTask;
 
         public RequestQueue()
         {
             _tokenLock = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
+            int semaphoreCount = GatewayBucket.Get(GatewayBucketType.Identify).WindowCount;
+            _identifySemaphore = new Semaphore(semaphoreCount, semaphoreCount, GatewayBucket.GetIdentifySemaphoreName());
 
             _clearToken = new CancellationTokenSource();
             _cancelTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
@@ -120,10 +124,22 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
         }
         internal async Task EnterGlobalAsync(int id, WebSocketRequest request)
         {
+            //If this is a global request (unbucketed), it'll be dealt in EnterAsync
             var requestBucket = GatewayBucket.Get(request.Options.BucketId);
             if (requestBucket.Type == GatewayBucketType.Unbucketed)
                 return;
 
+            //Identify is per-account so we won't trigger global until we can actually go for it
+            if (requestBucket.Type == GatewayBucketType.Identify)
+            {
+                while (!_identifySemaphore.WaitOne(0)) //To not block the thread
+                    await Task.Delay(100, request.CancelToken);
+#if DEBUG_LIMITS
+                Debug.WriteLine($"[{id}] Acquired identify ticket");
+#endif
+            }
+
+            //It's not a global request, so need to remove one from global (per-session)
             var globalBucketType = GatewayBucket.Get(GatewayBucketType.Unbucketed);
             var options = RequestOptions.CreateOrClone(request.Options);
             options.BucketId = globalBucketType.Id;
@@ -131,6 +147,13 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
             var globalBucket = GetOrCreateBucket(globalBucketType.Id, globalRequest);
             await globalBucket.TriggerAsync(id, globalRequest);
         }
+        internal void ReleaseIdentifySemaphore(int id)
+        {
+            _identifySemaphore.Release();
+#if DEBUG_LIMITS
+                Debug.WriteLine($"[{id}] Released identify ticket");
+#endif
+        }
 
         private RequestBucket GetOrCreateBucket(string id, IRequest request)
         {
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueueBucket.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueueBucket.cs
index ef5b247fd..b308e909f 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueueBucket.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Net/Queue/RequestQueueBucket.cs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
 #if DEBUG_LIMITS
                     Debug.WriteLine($"[{id}] Reset in {(int)Math.Ceiling((resetTick - DateTimeOffset.UtcNow).Value.TotalMilliseconds)} ms");
 #endif
-                        var _ = QueueReset(id, (int)Math.Ceiling((_resetTick.Value - DateTimeOffset.UtcNow).TotalMilliseconds));
+                        var _ = QueueReset(id, (int)Math.Ceiling((_resetTick.Value - DateTimeOffset.UtcNow).TotalMilliseconds), request);
                     }
                     return;
                 }
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
 
                     if (!hasQueuedReset)
                     {
-                        var _ = QueueReset(id, (int)Math.Ceiling((_resetTick.Value - DateTimeOffset.UtcNow).TotalMilliseconds));
+                        var _ = QueueReset(id, (int)Math.Ceiling((_resetTick.Value - DateTimeOffset.UtcNow).TotalMilliseconds), request);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
-        private async Task QueueReset(int id, int millis)
+        private async Task QueueReset(int id, int millis, IRequest request)
         {
             while (true)
             {
@@ -391,6 +391,8 @@ namespace Discord.Net.Queue
 #if DEBUG_LIMITS
                         Debug.WriteLine($"[{id}] * Reset *");
 #endif
+                        if (request is WebSocketRequest webSocketRequest && webSocketRequest.Options.BucketId == GatewayBucket.Get(GatewayBucketType.Identify).Id)
+                            _queue.ReleaseIdentifySemaphore(id);
                         _semaphore = WindowCount;
                         _resetTick = null;
                         return;
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
index fec6b23cf..548bb75bf 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         internal BaseSocketClient(DiscordSocketConfig config, DiscordRestApiClient client)
             : base(config, client) => BaseConfig = config;
         private static DiscordSocketApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordSocketConfig config)
-            => new DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config.WebsocketRequestQueue,
+            => new DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent,
                 rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision,
 				useSystemClock: config.UseSystemClock);
 
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
index 13eacc6eb..e5d31e5c3 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
@@ -85,17 +85,9 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
                     RegisterEvents(_shards[i], i == 0);
                 }
             }
-
-            ApiClient.WebSocketRequestQueue.RateLimitTriggered += async (id, info) =>
-            {
-                if (info == null)
-                    await _restLogger.VerboseAsync($"Preemptive Rate limit triggered: {id ?? "null"}").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                else
-                    await _restLogger.WarningAsync($"Rate limit triggered: {id ?? "null"}").ConfigureAwait(false);
-            };
         }
         private static API.DiscordSocketApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordSocketConfig config)
-            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config.WebsocketRequestQueue,
+            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent,
                 rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision);
 
         internal override async Task OnLoginAsync(TokenType tokenType, string token)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
index 1bf59994e..86c297070 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
@@ -37,17 +37,7 @@ namespace Discord.API
 
         public ConnectionState ConnectionState { get; private set; }
 
-        internal RequestQueue WebSocketRequestQueue { get; }
-
         public DiscordSocketApiClient(RestClientProvider restClientProvider, WebSocketProvider webSocketProvider, string userAgent,
-            string url = null, RetryMode defaultRetryMode = RetryMode.AlwaysRetry, JsonSerializer serializer = null,
-            RateLimitPrecision rateLimitPrecision = RateLimitPrecision.Second,
-            bool useSystemClock = true)
-            : this(restClientProvider, webSocketProvider, userAgent, null, url, defaultRetryMode, serializer, rateLimitPrecision, useSystemClock)
-        {
-        }
-
-        internal DiscordSocketApiClient(RestClientProvider restClientProvider, WebSocketProvider webSocketProvider, string userAgent, RequestQueue websocketRequestQueue,
             string url = null, RetryMode defaultRetryMode = RetryMode.AlwaysRetry, JsonSerializer serializer = null,
             RateLimitPrecision rateLimitPrecision = RateLimitPrecision.Second,
 			bool useSystemClock = true)
@@ -58,7 +48,6 @@ namespace Discord.API
                 _isExplicitUrl = true;
             WebSocketClient = webSocketProvider();
             //WebSocketClient.SetHeader("user-agent", DiscordConfig.UserAgent); (Causes issues in .NET Framework 4.6+)
-            WebSocketRequestQueue = websocketRequestQueue ?? new RequestQueue();
 
             WebSocketClient.BinaryMessage += async (data, index, count) =>
             {
@@ -218,8 +207,9 @@ namespace Discord.API
                 bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SerializeJson(payload));
 
             options.IsGatewayBucket = true;
-            options.BucketId = GatewayBucket.Get(opCode == GatewayOpCode.Identify ? GatewayBucketType.Identify : GatewayBucketType.Unbucketed).Id;
-            await WebSocketRequestQueue.SendAsync(new WebSocketRequest(WebSocketClient, bytes, true, options)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.BucketId))
+                options.BucketId = GatewayBucket.Get(GatewayBucketType.Unbucketed).Id;
+            await RequestQueue.SendAsync(new WebSocketRequest(WebSocketClient, bytes, true, options)).ConfigureAwait(false);
             await _sentGatewayMessageEvent.InvokeAsync(opCode).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
@@ -240,6 +230,7 @@ namespace Discord.API
             if (totalShards > 1)
                 msg.ShardingParams = new int[] { shardID, totalShards };
 
+            options.BucketId = GatewayBucket.Get(GatewayBucketType.Identify).Id;
             await SendGatewayAsync(GatewayOpCode.Identify, msg, options: options).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
         public async Task SendResumeAsync(string sessionId, int lastSeq, RequestOptions options = null)
@@ -268,6 +259,7 @@ namespace Discord.API
                 IsAFK = isAFK,
                 Game = game
             };
+            options.BucketId = GatewayBucket.Get(GatewayBucketType.PresenceUpdate).Id;
             await SendGatewayAsync(GatewayOpCode.StatusUpdate, args, options: options).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
         public async Task SendRequestMembersAsync(IEnumerable<ulong> guildIds, RequestOptions options = null)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index 18ebda07d..c3979ebb4 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -122,14 +122,6 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         public DiscordSocketClient(DiscordSocketConfig config) : this(config, CreateApiClient(config), null, null)
         {
             GatewayBucket.SetLimits(GatewayLimits.GetOrCreate(config.GatewayLimits));
-
-            ApiClient.WebSocketRequestQueue.RateLimitTriggered += async (id, info) =>
-            {
-                if (info == null)
-                    await _restLogger.VerboseAsync($"Preemptive Rate limit triggered: {id ?? "null"}").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                else
-                    await _restLogger.WarningAsync($"Rate limit triggered: {id ?? "null"}").ConfigureAwait(false);
-            };
         }
         internal DiscordSocketClient(DiscordSocketConfig config, SemaphoreSlim groupLock, DiscordSocketClient parentClient) : this(config, CreateApiClient(config), groupLock, parentClient) { }
 #pragma warning restore IDISP004
@@ -190,7 +182,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             _largeGuilds = new ConcurrentQueue<ulong>();
         }
         private static API.DiscordSocketApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordSocketConfig config)
-            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config.WebsocketRequestQueue, config.GatewayHost,
+            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config.GatewayHost,
                 rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision);
         /// <inheritdoc />
         internal override void Dispose(bool disposing)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
index d6f86c924..4df080f91 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         /// </remarks>
         public GatewayLimits GatewayLimits { get; set; } = new GatewayLimits();
 
-        internal RequestQueue WebsocketRequestQueue { get; } = new RequestQueue();
-
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a default configuration.
         /// </summary>