User blog comment:Moltenfire9113/Crimson or Corruption?/@comment-24174810-20131117165354/@comment-24167312-20131123031849

Both Corruption and Crimson are indeed difficult starter biomes (found that especially out when doing a ranger-only character @ 100 hp), however I prefer to like Crimson's harder difficulty. Corruption is pretty much surface= eater of souls, and chasms have the occasional eater of souls that comes in. Crimson requires more skill (to dodge or navigate around enemies) as well as some creativity to make traps (I made a dirt tower to kill ~20 spiders). Sure crimson is very tough for new people and is probably the second hardest biome before hardmode (dungeon is my hardest) in my opinion (simply because the amount of enemies there are and how difficult they are). However I think the difficulty is fine, the mobs are relatively reasonable, just that you have to have some tact and skill when dealing with them. I'm not saying Corruption is a walk in the park either, but I prefer Crimson.