By "gentle guidance", you mean telling someone what he wants to hear?
The speaker decided to fault my motive and method, since he's not competent to rebut my statement (that 3 Rochesters leaves you in an empty field with no guidance, and starting off from square one).
I intended to wait to see if he wanted some more information, or not. I was right - he doesn't want information, he wants approval, and I agreed not to offer any more assistance.

What's more important: the quality of the information, or the little happy faces?
Your statement accusing me of attitude and the general snottiness rather suggests that your opinion on these matters is also something not to be criticized?