Yes it can equal a recommendation. A recommendation can easily be an opinion and doesn't need to be factual. It'd be like me recommending you a game I thought was enjoyable, which has nothing to do with facts, it's my opinion on it being enjoyable.
Me quoting you had nothing to do with your 'personal' order, I quoted you because of your Sniper Shot remark saying it's only suited for Ragnarok and Rank4 accessory quests. You brought up the 'I'm not recommending him anything" bit yourself because it seems you took me quoting you as some kind of attack, based on your post of calling 'salty' for some reason. There is no black and white, stop trying to escalate this into something it isn't.