Is warriors going downhill?

Without looking at numbers or anything, I'd say it is. Warriors is an old series, and the earlier series were better. The original people that fell in love with Warriors back when they were 8 or so are now in high school and college.

Exactly what I was going to comment. 

original series- amazing and imaginative (more "realistic" cat actions i guess?)

the new prophecy- not as amazing as the original series, but it's still a good read (has its ups and downs more frequently than the original series too)


Power of three- this is where i feel like things got out of hand, especially with super powers coming into play and starclan not acting like starclan anymore. this has more downs than ups imo

Omen of the stars- like you said, pure and utter garbage. character decisions and plot points made me wanna throw away all my books. it's also written VERY differently which made it even MORE unenjoyable

Dawn of the clans- my most hated series ever, but even i can admit this was written BEAUTIFULLLY!!! the only problem i have with it is that it's MY personal opinon that the characters and actions were stupid, but it doesnt change how it was beautfully and cleverly written. 

Yes. Everyone gave up on Omens of the Stars, Power of Three and Bramblestar's Storm.

I tried to reread the Power of Three arc and Omens of the Stars arc, I'm having a hard time getting through Outcast.

I really liked the first arc. I have a hard time liking the New Prophecy, the Power of Three and Omens of the Stars to be honest.

I like Dawn of the Clans, though Path of Stars was completely spoiled for me so I lost interested. Plus, I couldn't get my hands on a copy of it and I wasn't caught up when the whole book was released by accident.

I don't like a Vision of Shadows that much. The names are horrible and I dislike our two main Point of View characters.

its ok, everyone has a hard time getting through Outcast. Just relish in the fact Eclipse is better.

I just remember back in 2007-2009 that everyone was talking about it. I guess everything was just rushed after that point because I don't remember them coming out as fast as they are now. I would have been fine if they ended the plot with the cats from the forest after the second series and made the whole third series as a standalone one but with the same core idea where the three cats have the same powers and personalities. Also why is Omen of the Stars so bad? I only read the first two books but the end of the second was really good.

Omen of the Stars is bad because it has honestly a very purposely dragged out plot, and the subplots itself were garbage. The character developments were also garbage, in the first arcs. I cared a lot about Firestar and all of his friends, as well all the clanmates. I also cared a lot about Gray Wing and his accompanies. Also the group that went on the journey in the New Prophecy. It actually mattered to me if those characters died. I remember tearing up a little reading Gray Wings death in Path of Stars.

However, all the supposed character development in Power of Three started going downhill. I really didn't like any of the three, I also found it really hard to care about background characters. In the first series, we all knew who the background characters were. Mousefur, Runningwind, Brindleface, Willowpelt, we knew all of them and probably even knew a bit of their personalities. In Power of three and going, I found it REALLY difficult to care even a single bit about any of the background characters, mainly because there are too many and too many irrelevant to the plot.

Omen of the stars was honestly the first time when I actually wanted the main character died a slow painful death. Dovewing was so god damn annoying I really wanted to run into the book and rip out her intestines. The books made really hate the characters a lot, and the Last Hope was so poorly written, I wanted to chuck my copy out the window.

The logic of the arc was also really flawed. Really? Like dead spirit cats fighting living cats? Who in the hell would be inbred enough to think of such a stupid idea. And the fact that dead cats can die a second time really ticked me the f*ck off. Spottedleaf's death was also completely unnecessary and also had a lame reason for it to happen. Also at that point I also wanted the stupid ex-medicine cat to die, what a god damn disgrace of a character.

All in all, if you liked it, good for you, but I will never be able to enjoy the arc as much as the 1st 2nd or the prequel arc

The reason OOTS is so hated goes all the way back to The New Prophecy. In this arc, it's established that the Dark Forest has started training cats. This continues into POT, and that's where things go south. Instead of finishing up the Dark Forest arc in POT, the Erins drag it out for tweleve books total (more, if you count TNP).

And much like POT, the Erins waste the storyline on pointless garbage that contributes nothing to the overall plot. It's just filler. The very first book in the series, The Fourth Apprentice, is a good example of this. The only thing this book adds to the plot is the introduction of Dovewing's powers and giving a reason for Ivypool to join the Dark Forest. The rest of the book is complete filler that does nothing for the overall plot, and is soon forgotten by the characters.

This goes on for every book almost. Instead of focusing on the really important things that should matter, the Erins shove it to the side and give it rushed screen time, while focusing most of the series on the filler stuff that doesn't matter. Dovewing's love life, Briarlight, the drought, Flametail, the Tribe, Cinderpelt/Cinderheart, etc are all things that could have been cut out and would have affected little to nothing.

Also, the characters are boring. As much as I like Dovewing, she's not interesting enough to carry the plot. so instead all of her screen time is devoted to filler. Ivypool is a disaster, and her drama with Dovewing is nothing new. It just took up screen time, and all her Dark Forest scenes went no where. It just showed some cats fighting, and that's really it. Lionblaze was annoying, because all he focused on was Cinderheart. Jayfeather was probably the only character who did something important, but that's not really saying much considering he too was involved in a lot of filler.

And then the end was so rushed. We spent tweleve+ books leading up to a very anticlimactic battle. It lasted only a couple of chapters, and the deaths were rushed. Brokenstar was killed in literally one second, by Yellowfang jumping on him and just snapping his neck like a mouse. All the other villains died the same way, as did the heros. And Firestar's death was so confusing some fans still don't understand how he died.