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The problem is that there is -no way- for them to change Saber, because she is already established in that fashion in FSN. Should they change her abilities, you can be sure a gigantic uproar would be caused as result: it wouldn't fit the lore nor the established facts from the original series.
Therefore, in order to put every characters on an even footing, Urobuchi had to "nerf" Saber a way or another, which actually makes sense to some extent.
As for gilgamesh, I'm sorry, but the same logic would be applied to him as well: his objective is quite simple and his arrogance was portrayed well enough the previous episodes: He does not want to allow anyone unworthy to reach the grail, and act according to his own beliefs. Aside of that, he is a sitting duck despite he could potentially kill all of them since they are, by default, supposed to be unworthy to begin with, yet remain passive. It is basically the same as the "nerf": Gil is left to a background role (for the better, considering Kotomine), despite he could basically turn the tide of the events.
he has his full abilities but doesn't exploit them at all, which is basically the same as the nerf: a reason for the characters not being able/willing to display all their full strength for a sound reason.
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