Some time before the Crusade release Brad said on Reddit that in Crusade every ship weapon would fire individually.
I watched a couple of fights in my current game, and when i let me show the battle protocol it's still so that every ship is listed with hitting with the maximum weapon capacity per weapon type a single enemy ship whenever it fires.
Now is that only a problem of the battle viewer or didn't Brads announcement make it into the game yet? And if not, will it eventually? I would be quite disappointed if the weapon mechanics would stay the same as in pre-Crusade ...