diff --git a/disco/types/base.py b/disco/types/base.py
index 28e6da6..f72d8bb 100644
--- a/disco/types/base.py
+++ b/disco/types/base.py
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ class ConversionError(Exception):
 
 
 class Field(object):
-    def __init__(self, value_type, alias=None, default=None, create=True, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, value_type, alias=None, default=None, create=True, ignore_dump=None, **kwargs):
         # TODO: fix default bullshit
         self.src_name = alias
         self.dst_name = None
+        self.ignore_dump = ignore_dump or []
         self.metadata = kwargs
 
         if default is not None:
@@ -88,11 +89,11 @@ class Field(object):
             return lambda raw, _: typ(raw)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def serialize(value):
+    def serialize(value, inst=None):
         if isinstance(value, EnumAttr):
             return value.value
         elif isinstance(value, Model):
-            return value.to_dict()
+            return value.to_dict(ignore=(inst.ignore_dump if inst else []))
         else:
             return value
 
@@ -109,8 +110,11 @@ class DictField(Field):
         self.value_de = self.type_to_deserializer(value_type or key_type)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def serialize(value):
-        return {Field.serialize(k): Field.serialize(v) for k, v in six.iteritems(value)}
+    def serialize(value, inst=None):
+        return {
+            Field.serialize(k): Field.serialize(v) for k, v in six.iteritems(value)
+            if k not in (inst.ignore_dump if inst else [])
+        }
 
     def try_convert(self, raw, client):
         return HashMap({
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ class ListField(Field):
     default = list
 
     @staticmethod
-    def serialize(value):
+    def serialize(value, inst=None):
         return list(map(Field.serialize, value))
 
     def try_convert(self, raw, client):
@@ -211,7 +215,10 @@ def binary(obj):
 def with_equality(field):
     class T(object):
         def __eq__(self, other):
-            return getattr(self, field) == getattr(other, field)
+            if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+                return getattr(self, field) == getattr(other, field)
+            else:
+                return getattr(self, field) == other
     return T
 
 
@@ -321,12 +328,15 @@ class Model(six.with_metaclass(ModelMeta, AsyncChainable)):
                 except:
                     pass
 
-    def to_dict(self):
+    def to_dict(self, ignore=None):
         obj = {}
         for name, field in six.iteritems(self.__class__._fields):
+            if ignore and name in ignore:
+                continue
+
             if getattr(self, name) == UNSET:
                 continue
-            obj[name] = field.serialize(getattr(self, name))
+            obj[name] = field.serialize(getattr(self, name), field)
         return obj
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/disco/types/user.py b/disco/types/user.py
index 51bbfbf..b04c180 100644
--- a/disco/types/user.py
+++ b/disco/types/user.py
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ class Game(SlottedModel):
 
 
 class Presence(SlottedModel):
-    user = Field(User, alias='user')
+    user = Field(User, alias='user', ignore_dump=['presence'])
     game = Field(Game)
     status = Field(Status)
diff --git a/disco/util/limiter.py b/disco/util/limiter.py
index 6992832..ccb7622 100644
--- a/disco/util/limiter.py
+++ b/disco/util/limiter.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class SimpleLimiter(object):
         gevent.sleep(self.reset_at - time.time())
         self.count = 0
         self.reset_at = 0
-        self.event.set()
+        if self.event:
+            self.event.set()
         self.event = None
 
     def check(self):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a41d421..3b0894b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 gevent==1.1.2
-holster==1.0.9
+holster==1.0.11
 inflection==0.3.1
 requests==2.11.1
 six==1.10.0