Pirate The World - Online Adventure Game

I was reading the faq when i found this

Q - Can I attack my referral or someone using the same IP like my spouse?
A - No this is considered cheating and is violation of the rules. Accounts caught doing this will be suspended.

So now i will like to know one thing before referring anyone that CAN I ATTACK MY REFERRAL

Case 1 if using the same IP like my spouse
Answered as cheating that i can understand no problem with the answer

Case 2 what if person i am attacking is my referral but does not uses my computer or my ip like my friends from same town or may be different.

What will be the answer of the case 2 please tell me.............

I'd wait for the captain to answer this one for real, but this is how I look at it:

Don't do anything suspicious...if the only people you hit big are your referrals, then it's going to look set up...

I hit one of my referrals, wilmann, from time to time, and I don't even know where he plays from..if I weren't allowed to hit him just due to the fact that he is my referral, then I would feel somewhat disadvantaged because he is normally worth some good gold!

The key thing to remember here is:

Treat your referrals just like you would any other player. Don't go out of your way to try to unfairly gain a ton of money by attacking your referrals.