You dont have to accept the quests that Josie and Johnny present to you. If you keep going back (it takes a couple of back clicks) and try again they will offer you some different enemies to defeat. You dont have to accept the first quest that pops up. Like why would i pick 11 Urchinfists to kill for 195 gold when i can keep declining then clicking until something easier is offered like 5 stumps?
Unless you're up for the challenge of killing seabeards for the same reward more power to ya!
And if you can get the same enemy quest from Johnny McVane you can kill 2 stumps or brinescums, mollusks, assassins etc...with 1 grenade so to speak and be double the gold ahead of the game. You CAN accept quests from Josie everytime after completing but for Johnny you have to logout then in again to be able to access his quest requests again. I haven't yet seen the quest for "sea serpents" at my lvl 37 yet i do know it exists. I sure won't accept that task knowing the newest enemies aren't implimented into the game yet so if anyone did accept that quest my advice would be to drop it at this point until future updates of this Elusive enemy know one has seen yet. Good Luck and Plunder on!
EDIT: As of TODAY Josie is not giving out quests once ya done em till logout and login, she says :Im Busy. Can't believe Sam Seabones isnt giving the Hunt Skeletons quest for 25 gold anymore either. He now says after cashing in "Port Royal is for the People!"
its funny i hardly ever post and when i do i give out the wrong info!! argggg, im going back to plundering!