Power of the Gods?

While reflecting on Gilgamesh, Josh said that the most prominent idea in the authors mind when writing this epic was pleasing the Gods. However, Gilgamesh only seemed to be interested in pleasing himself and his own needs especially in the beginning of the story. From pleasing himself by sleeping with all the women in his town, to simply making himself so happy that his entire town was depressed Gilgamesh did not seem to have to much concern with the gods.
I agree with Josh that pleasing the Gods is a concern mentioned, I do not feel it was the most important idea discussed by the authors. Especially since in most cases concerning the Gods and pleasing them, Enkidu and Gilgamesh most commonly would find themselves doing what they wanted instead of trying to please the Gods. There are the rare exceptions where they choose actions to please the Gods but if the authors were really trying to teach the readers to act in ways to please the Gods the book would have been written much differently because many of Enkidu and Gilgamesh’s actions would be frowned upon by the Gods and should not be duplicated.
In the beginning of my reflection I said that there were more prominent messages within the text, these messages are the ideas of building relationships and developing leadership. Gilgamesh grew as a leader when he formed his relationship with Enkidu and he began to develop into a better person, which we see in the end when he would rather die than live forever without his friend.