As you level up more you spend less time off your boat. By the time you have max cannon, your ship should have a sizable amount of HP. It's not a lot, but it's enough to keep your boat alive for a while so long as you're demounting. By the time you have torp max, you'll most likely have ship maxed as well.
So, by the time you get max torp (used more in training than cannon) your ship has some pretty nice HP. You shouldn't have too much trouble keeping it alive, so it's not like you're spending a lot of time off the ship.
Also, as stated above, level 1 RS is not better than max burst fire.
Our other skills are simply more useful than RS, and are higher priority. Without cannon (...) our single target damage is crippled, so this is usually the first skill maxed. From there, most people either go with bullseye to increase single target damage (usually on servers that are less populated, so they can train on Anego for good exp) or torp so they can mob.
These skills are more useful than RS in most cases.
So, by the time you get max torp (used more in training than cannon) your ship has some pretty nice HP. You shouldn't have too much trouble keeping it alive, so it's not like you're spending a lot of time off the ship.
Also, as stated above, level 1 RS is not better than max burst fire.
Our other skills are simply more useful than RS, and are higher priority. Without cannon (...) our single target damage is crippled, so this is usually the first skill maxed. From there, most people either go with bullseye to increase single target damage (usually on servers that are less populated, so they can train on Anego for good exp) or torp so they can mob.
These skills are more useful than RS in most cases.