@throttlekitty Hey there and thanks for the response. That's unfortunate. Hopefully Maya will get this feature in the future. It's so unstable right now even though they implemented new features..
@Luke_Starkie Thanks man,I did it with the people at ownage. Really happy with the way the handled everything, and I will probably work with them much more in the future.
Yeah, for future reference if anyone googles this and find this thread: It's in the viewport's N panel, under 'View', where you'll find the Clip Start and End settings.
Sent a pm to Maze but might as well put it down here for future Google searchers. You can hotkey polySelectBorderShell 0; to select the element or shell.