Hopefully this works.

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/commands/database/ConvertDatabaseCommand.java

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class ConvertDatabaseCommand implements CommandExecutor {
                         mcMMO.getDatabaseManager().saveUser(profile);
                     }
 
-                    UserManager.addUser(player);
+                    UserManager.track(player);
                 }
 
                 new DatabaseConversionTask(oldDatabase, sender, previousType.toString(), newType.toString()).runTaskAsynchronously(mcMMO.p);

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/commands/experience/ConvertExperienceCommand.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class ConvertExperienceCommand implements CommandExecutor {
                 new FormulaConversionTask(sender, newType).runTaskLater(mcMMO.p, 1);
 
                 for (Player player : mcMMO.p.getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) {
-                    UserManager.addUser(player);
+                    UserManager.track(player);
                 }
 
                 return true;

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/datatypes/player/McMMOPlayer.java

@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ public class McMMOPlayer {
     private boolean isUsingUnarmed;
     private final FixedMetadataValue playerMetadata;
 
-    public McMMOPlayer(Player player) {
+    public McMMOPlayer(Player player, PlayerProfile profile) {
         String playerName = player.getName();
         UUID uuid = player.getUniqueId();
 
         this.player = player;
         playerMetadata = new FixedMetadataValue(mcMMO.p, playerName);
-        profile = mcMMO.getDatabaseManager().loadPlayerProfile(playerName, uuid, true);
+        this.profile = profile;
         party = PartyManager.getPlayerParty(playerName);
         ptpRecord = new PartyTeleportRecord();
 
@@ -130,70 +130,6 @@ public class McMMOPlayer {
         for (ToolType toolType : ToolType.values()) {
             toolMode.put(toolType, false);
         }
-
-        if (!profile.isLoaded()) {
-            mcMMO.p.getLogger().warning("Unable to load the PlayerProfile for " + playerName + ". Will retry over the next several seconds.");
-            new RetryProfileLoadingTask().runTaskTimerAsynchronously(mcMMO.p, 11L, 31L);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private class RetryProfileLoadingTask extends BukkitRunnable {
-        private static final int MAX_TRIES = 5;
-        private final String playerName = McMMOPlayer.this.player.getName();
-        private final UUID uniqueId = McMMOPlayer.this.player.getUniqueId();
-        private int attempt = 0;
-
-        // WARNING: ASYNC TASK
-        // DO NOT MODIFY THE McMMOPLAYER FROM THIS CODE
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            // Quit if they logged out
-            if (!player.isOnline()) {
-                mcMMO.p.getLogger().info("Aborting profile loading recovery for " + playerName + " - player logged out");
-                this.cancel();
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Send the message that we're doing the recovery
-            if (attempt == 0) {
-                player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Recovery.Notice"));
-            }
-
-            // Increment attempt counter and try
-            attempt++;
-            PlayerProfile profile = mcMMO.getDatabaseManager().loadPlayerProfile(uniqueId, true);
-            // If successful, schedule the apply
-            if (profile.isLoaded()) {
-                new ApplySuccessfulProfile(profile).runTask(mcMMO.p);
-                player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Recovery.Success"));
-                this.cancel();
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // If we've failed five times, give up
-            if (attempt >= MAX_TRIES) {
-                mcMMO.p.getLogger().severe("Giving up on attempting to load the PlayerProfile for " + playerName);
-                mcMMO.p.getServer().broadcast(LocaleLoader.getString("Recovery.AdminFailureNotice", playerName), Server.BROADCAST_CHANNEL_ADMINISTRATIVE);
-                player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Recovery.Failure").split("\n"));
-                this.cancel();
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private class ApplySuccessfulProfile extends BukkitRunnable {
-        private final PlayerProfile profile;
-
-        private ApplySuccessfulProfile(PlayerProfile profile) {
-            this.profile = profile;
-        }
-
-        // Synchronized task
-        // No database access permitted
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            McMMOPlayer.this.profile = profile;
-        }
     }
 
     public AcrobaticsManager getAcrobaticsManager() {

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/PlayerListener.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import com.gmail.nossr50.datatypes.skills.AbilityType;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.datatypes.skills.SkillType;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.locale.LocaleLoader;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.party.ShareHandler;
-import com.gmail.nossr50.runnables.commands.McScoreboardKeepTask;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.runnables.player.PlayerProfileLoadingTask;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.runnables.skills.BleedTimerTask;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.skills.fishing.FishingManager;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.skills.herbalism.HerbalismManager;
@@ -387,9 +387,7 @@ public class PlayerListener implements Listener {
             return;
         }
 
-        McMMOPlayer mcMMOPlayer = UserManager.addUser(player);
-        mcMMOPlayer.actualizeRespawnATS();
-        ScoreboardManager.setupPlayer(player);
+        new PlayerProfileLoadingTask(player).runTaskLaterAsynchronously(mcMMO.p, 1); // 1 Tick delay to ensure the player is marked as online before we begin loading
 
         if (Config.getInstance().getMOTDEnabled() && Permissions.motd(player)) {
             Motd.displayAll(player);
@@ -403,11 +401,6 @@ public class PlayerListener implements Listener {
             player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("UpdateChecker.Outdated"));
             player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("UpdateChecker.NewAvailable"));
         }
-
-        if (Config.getInstance().getShowStatsAfterLogin()) {
-            ScoreboardManager.enablePlayerStatsScoreboard(player);
-            new McScoreboardKeepTask(player).runTaskLater(mcMMO.p, 1 * Misc.TICK_CONVERSION_FACTOR);
-        }
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/mcMMO.java

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class mcMMO extends JavaPlugin {
             holidayManager = new HolidayManager();
 
             for (Player player : getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) {
-                UserManager.addUser(player); // In case of reload add all users back into UserManager
+                UserManager.track(player); // In case of reload add all users back into UserManager
                 ScoreboardManager.setupPlayer(player);
             }
 

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/player/PlayerProfileLoadingTask.java

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package com.gmail.nossr50.runnables.player;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.bukkit.Server;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.metadata.FixedMetadataValue;
+import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;
+
+import com.gmail.nossr50.mcMMO;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.config.Config;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.datatypes.player.McMMOPlayer;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.datatypes.player.PlayerProfile;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.locale.LocaleLoader;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.runnables.commands.McScoreboardKeepTask;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.util.Misc;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.util.player.UserManager;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.util.scoreboards.ScoreboardManager;
+
+public class PlayerProfileLoadingTask extends BukkitRunnable {
+    private static final int MAX_TRIES = 5;
+    private final Player player;
+    private int attempt = 0;
+
+    public PlayerProfileLoadingTask(Player player) {
+        this.player = player;
+    }
+
+    // WARNING: ASYNC TASK
+    // DO NOT MODIFY THE McMMOPLAYER FROM THIS CODE
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        // Quit if they logged out
+        if (!player.isOnline()) {
+            mcMMO.p.getLogger().info("Aborting profile loading recovery for " + player.getName() + " - player logged out");
+            this.cancel();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Send the message that we're doing the recovery
+        if (attempt == 0) {
+            player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Profile.Loading.Starting"));
+        }
+
+        // Increment attempt counter and try
+        attempt++;
+        PlayerProfile profile = mcMMO.getDatabaseManager().loadPlayerProfile(player.getUniqueId(), true);
+        // If successful, schedule the apply
+        if (profile.isLoaded()) {
+            new ApplySuccessfulProfile(profile).runTask(mcMMO.p);
+            this.cancel();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If we've failed five times, give up
+        if (attempt >= MAX_TRIES) {
+            mcMMO.p.getLogger().severe("Giving up on attempting to load the PlayerProfile for " + player.getName() );
+            mcMMO.p.getServer().broadcast(LocaleLoader.getString("Profile.Loading.AdminFailureNotice", player.getName() ), Server.BROADCAST_CHANNEL_ADMINISTRATIVE);
+            player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Profile.Loading.Failure").split("\n"));
+            this.cancel();
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ApplySuccessfulProfile extends BukkitRunnable {
+        private final PlayerProfile profile;
+
+        private ApplySuccessfulProfile(PlayerProfile profile) {
+            this.profile = profile;
+        }
+
+        // Synchronized task
+        // No database access permitted
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            if (!player.isOnline()) {
+                mcMMO.p.getLogger().info("Aborting profile loading recovery for " + player.getName() + " - player logged out");
+                return;
+            }
+            McMMOPlayer mcMMOPlayer = new McMMOPlayer(player, profile);
+            UserManager.track(mcMMOPlayer);
+            player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Profile.Loading.Success"));
+            mcMMOPlayer.actualizeRespawnATS();
+            ScoreboardManager.setupPlayer(player);
+            if (Config.getInstance().getShowStatsAfterLogin()) {
+                ScoreboardManager.enablePlayerStatsScoreboard(player);
+                new McScoreboardKeepTask(player).runTaskLater(mcMMO.p, 1 * Misc.TICK_CONVERSION_FACTOR);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/Misc.java

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public final class Misc {
 
         if (player != null) {
             UserManager.remove(player);
-            UserManager.addUser(player);
+            UserManager.track(player);
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/player/UserManager.java

@@ -18,16 +18,12 @@ public final class UserManager {
     private UserManager() {}
 
     /**
-     * Add a new user.
+     * Track a new user.
      *
-     * @param player The player to create a user record for
-     * @return the player's {@link McMMOPlayer} object
+     * @param mcMMOPlayer the player profile to start tracking
      */
-    public static McMMOPlayer addUser(Player player) {
-        McMMOPlayer mcMMOPlayer = new McMMOPlayer(player);
-        player.setMetadata(mcMMO.playerDataKey, new FixedMetadataValue(mcMMO.p, mcMMOPlayer));
-
-        return mcMMOPlayer;
+    public static void track(McMMOPlayer mcMMOPlayer) {
+        mcMMOPlayer.getPlayer().setMetadata(mcMMO.playerDataKey, new FixedMetadataValue(mcMMO.p, mcMMOPlayer));
     }
 
     /**

src/main/resources/locale/locale_en_US.properties

@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ Scoreboard.Misc.Cooldown=[[LIGHT_PURPLE]]Cooldown
 Scoreboard.Misc.Overall=[[GOLD]]Overall
 
 #DATABASE RECOVERY
-Recovery.Notice=[[RED]]Notice: mcMMO was [[DARK_RED]]unable to load your data.[[RED]] Retrying 5 times...
-Recovery.Success=[[GREEN]]Success! Your mcMMO data was loaded.
-Recovery.Failure=[[RED]]mcMMO still cannot load your data. You may want to [[AQUA]]contact the server owner.\n[[YELLOW]]You can still play on the server, but you will have [[BOLD]]no mcMMO levels[[YELLOW]] and any XP you get [[BOLD]]will not be saved[[YELLOW]].
-Recovery.AdminFailureNotice=[[DARK_RED]][A][[RED]] mcMMO was unable to load the player data for [[YELLOW]]{0}[[RED]]. [[LIGHT_PURPLE]]Please inspect your database setup.
+Profile.Loading.Start=[[GREEN]]Notice: mcMMO is now loading your profile. Stats and skills will not function until loaded...
+Profile.Loading.Success=[[GREEN]]Success! Your mcMMO data was loaded.
+Profile.Loading.Failure=[[RED]]mcMMO still cannot load your data. You may want to [[AQUA]]contact the server owner.\n[[YELLOW]]You can still play on the server, but you will have [[BOLD]]no mcMMO levels[[YELLOW]] and any XP you get [[BOLD]]will not be saved[[YELLOW]].
+Profile.Loading.AdminFailureNotice=[[DARK_RED]][A][[RED]] mcMMO was unable to load the player data for [[YELLOW]]{0}[[RED]]. [[LIGHT_PURPLE]]Please inspect your database setup.