diff --git a/common/net/daybreak_connection.cpp b/common/net/daybreak_connection.cpp
index 60412c497..13827581c 100644
--- a/common/net/daybreak_connection.cpp
+++ b/common/net/daybreak_connection.cpp
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend(int stream)
 		return;
 	}
 	
+	auto resends = 0;
 	auto now = Clock::now();
 	auto s = &m_streams[stream];
 	for (auto &entry : s->sent_packets) {
@@ -1026,6 +1027,7 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend(int stream)
 				entry.second.last_sent = now;
 				entry.second.times_resent++;
 				entry.second.resend_delay = EQEmu::Clamp(entry.second.resend_delay * 2, m_owner->m_options.resend_delay_min, m_owner->m_options.resend_delay_max);
+				resends++;
 			}
 		}
 		else {
@@ -1040,8 +1042,13 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend(int stream)
 				entry.second.last_sent = now;
 				entry.second.times_resent++;
 				entry.second.resend_delay = EQEmu::Clamp(entry.second.resend_delay * 2, m_owner->m_options.resend_delay_min, m_owner->m_options.resend_delay_max);
+				resends++;
 			}
 		}
+
+		if (resends >= m_owner->m_options.resends_per_connection_cycle) {
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/common/net/daybreak_connection.h b/common/net/daybreak_connection.h
index 823fd82e8..f7ea49e22 100644
--- a/common/net/daybreak_connection.h
+++ b/common/net/daybreak_connection.h
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ namespace EQ
 				resend_delay_ms = 30;
 				resend_delay_factor = 1.25;
 				resend_delay_min = 150;
-				resend_delay_max = 3000;
+				resend_delay_max = 5000;
+				resends_per_connection_cycle = 10;
 				connect_delay_ms = 500;
 				stale_connection_ms = 90000;
 				connect_stale_ms = 5000;
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ namespace EQ
 			size_t resend_delay_ms;
 			size_t resend_delay_min;
 			size_t resend_delay_max;
+			int resends_per_connection_cycle;
 			size_t connect_delay_ms;
 			size_t connect_stale_ms;
 			size_t stale_connection_ms;
diff --git a/common/ruletypes.h b/common/ruletypes.h
index 623260af4..12ce35b6a 100644
--- a/common/ruletypes.h
+++ b/common/ruletypes.h
@@ -704,6 +704,14 @@ RULE_CATEGORY(Console)
 RULE_INT(Console, SessionTimeOut, 600000)	// Amount of time in ms for the console session to time out
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()
 
+RULE_CATEGORY(Network)
+RULE_INT(Network, ResendDelayBaseMS, 50)
+RULE_REAL(Network, ResendDelayFactor, 1.5)
+RULE_INT(Network, ResendDelayMinMS, 250)
+RULE_INT(Network, ResendDelayMaxMS, 5000)
+RULE_INT(Network, ResendsPerCycle, 10)
+RULE_CATEGORY_END()
+
 RULE_CATEGORY(QueryServ)
 RULE_BOOL(QueryServ, PlayerLogChat, false) // Logs Player Chat
 RULE_BOOL(QueryServ, PlayerLogTrades, false) // Logs Player Trades
diff --git a/ucs/clientlist.cpp b/ucs/clientlist.cpp
index 130914952..3701d4dc2 100644
--- a/ucs/clientlist.cpp
+++ b/ucs/clientlist.cpp
@@ -469,6 +469,12 @@ Clientlist::Clientlist(int ChatPort) {
 	EQ::Net::EQStreamManagerOptions chat_opts(ChatPort, false, false);
 	chat_opts.opcode_size = 1;
 	chat_opts.daybreak_options.stale_connection_ms = 300000;
+	chat_opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_ms = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayBaseMS);
+	chat_opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_factor = RuleR(Network, ResendDelayFactor);
+	chat_opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_min = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayMinMS);
+	chat_opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_max = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayMaxMS);
+	chat_opts.daybreak_options.resends_per_connection_cycle = RuleI(Network, ResendsPerCycle);
+
 	chatsf = new EQ::Net::EQStreamManager(chat_opts);
 
 	ChatOpMgr = new RegularOpcodeManager;
diff --git a/world/net.cpp b/world/net.cpp
index 7065ea6c3..65be8c3d0 100644
--- a/world/net.cpp
+++ b/world/net.cpp
@@ -495,6 +495,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	});
 
 	EQ::Net::EQStreamManagerOptions opts(9000, false, false);
+	opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_ms = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayBaseMS);
+	opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_factor = RuleR(Network, ResendDelayFactor);
+	opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_min = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayMinMS);
+	opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_max = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayMaxMS);
+	opts.daybreak_options.resends_per_connection_cycle = RuleI(Network, ResendsPerCycle);
+
 	EQ::Net::EQStreamManager eqsm(opts);
 
 	//register all the patches we have avaliable with the stream identifier.
@@ -622,4 +628,4 @@ void CheckForServerScript(bool force_download) {
 		system("wget -N --no-check-certificate --quiet -O eqemu_server.pl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl");
 #endif
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/zone/net.cpp b/zone/net.cpp
index 641c69248..c13fc5e84 100644
--- a/zone/net.cpp
+++ b/zone/net.cpp
@@ -460,6 +460,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 			Log(Logs::General, Logs::Zone_Server, "Starting EQ Network server on port %d", Config->ZonePort);
 
 			EQ::Net::EQStreamManagerOptions opts(Config->ZonePort, false, true);
+			opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_ms = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayBaseMS);
+			opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_factor = RuleR(Network, ResendDelayFactor);
+			opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_min = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayMinMS);
+			opts.daybreak_options.resend_delay_max = RuleI(Network, ResendDelayMaxMS);
+			opts.daybreak_options.resends_per_connection_cycle = RuleI(Network, ResendsPerCycle);
 			eqsm.reset(new EQ::Net::EQStreamManager(opts));
 			eqsf_open = true;