User blog comment:Hyradd/Wall of Flesh/@comment-209.180.69.46-20120625081248

Hardmode wasn't really that hard for me once I got into it. It took me three tries to down the Wall of Flesh, and if you're smart, you shouldn't have problems. I've died two times since I got into hardmode, and I'm already up to full adamantite gear. You just need to be careful; you can't go dive-bombing into a cave like you could on pre-hardmode, because you're likely to get utterly destroyed. Instead, take caves and exploring like you did when you were first starting your character. Go slow, torch up the whole place so its well lit, and keep your eyes peeled for possible dangers.

My biggest problem with Hardmode was the fact that when I defeated the Wall of Flesh, the diagonal line of corruption happened to shoot up directly next to my house, causing all my NPCs to leave, so I had to re-locate to the west side of the world. It's not really so bad, I planted Hallow all around my new house, and I plan to be working towards clearing a lot of corruption and replacing it with Hallow; Hallow is so much easier to deal with than Corruption. I wouldn't mind corruption so much if it weren't for the Corruptors that can spread it just by spitting at you.

Finally, don't try and take down Wyverns until you have at LEAST full Cobalt and a decent weapon. Seriously. I know Angel/Demon wings sound super cool, but they can wait until you have the gear you need. I took Wyverns down on a sky-arena, wearing full Cobalt ranged armor, using a Deadly Clockwork Assault Rifle and Crystal Shots. They are super easy with an arena, because you can just jump over them and fire away; 25 Souls of Flight took me less than 10 minutes to get.

Happy hunting! :)