diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index f46cbd74b9..ec520ad1c0 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -1047,43 +1047,13 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Sends an ordered DataPacket to the send buffer
-	 *
 	 * @param DataPacket $packet
 	 * @param bool       $needACK
 	 *
 	 * @return bool|int
 	 */
 	public function dataPacket(DataPacket $packet, bool $needACK = false){
-		if(!$this->connected){
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		//Basic safety restriction. TODO: improve this
-		if(!$this->loggedIn and !$packet->canBeSentBeforeLogin()){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Attempted to send " . get_class($packet) . " to " . $this->getName() . " too early");
-		}
-
-		$timings = Timings::getSendDataPacketTimings($packet);
-		$timings->startTiming();
-
-		$this->server->getPluginManager()->callEvent($ev = new DataPacketSendEvent($this, $packet));
-		if($ev->isCancelled()){
-			$timings->stopTiming();
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$identifier = $this->interface->putPacket($this, $packet, $needACK, false);
-
-		if($needACK and $identifier !== null){
-			$this->needACK[$identifier] = false;
-
-			$timings->stopTiming();
-			return $identifier;
-		}
-
-		$timings->stopTiming();
-		return true;
+		return $this->sendDataPacket($packet, $needACK, false);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1093,6 +1063,17 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 	 * @return bool|int
 	 */
 	public function directDataPacket(DataPacket $packet, bool $needACK = false){
+		return $this->sendDataPacket($packet, $needACK, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param DataPacket $packet
+	 * @param bool       $needACK
+	 * @param bool       $immediate
+	 *
+	 * @return bool|int
+	 */
+	public function sendDataPacket(DataPacket $packet, bool $needACK = false, bool $immediate = false){
 		if($this->connected === false){
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -1110,7 +1091,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$identifier = $this->interface->putPacket($this, $packet, $needACK, true);
+		$identifier = $this->interface->putPacket($this, $packet, $needACK, $immediate);
 
 		if($needACK and $identifier !== null){
 			$this->needACK[$identifier] = false;