I think Mirage took the first quoted statement as a dig against cliche JRPG elements in that you didn't want to replay the same thing over in anyway, when I think you were just amused by the observation that they're all generally the same (for better or worse). And then in your second statement you contradicted what he thought you meant by the first quote. A dig against standard games for having JRPG staples, and then a dig against non-standard games for not having said JRPG staples

Pretty sure the confusion in Jibril's quote is that "you" is meant to be ambiguous. Not you personally. Just general people liked non-Sakaguchi FF elements and didn't realize it until he left and they still liked Square's work and found out they weren't too fond of Sakaguchi's own personal stuff in Mistwalker. I kinda feel that way myself, but I'm sorta sad about it. But I don't know enough about the FF ins and outs to know who I liked for what. I just know I liked older FF games. I guess that means I'm not fond of any of them on their own. Newer Square stuff headed up by any of them doesn't interest me, and Mistwalker stuff fails to catch my interest, generally. So I guess it was whatever combination the teams had that worked the magic for me. And now they're all separate