User blog comment:Milesprower2/More level-headed BWB rant/@comment-24243917-20141209152915/@comment-5792287-20141209175109

Wait, you believe that Big Wave Beach is easier than Dark Ages?

Let's compare what I consider to be the hardest level from each of those two stages.

Dark Ages - Night 17:


 * Contains an essentially indestructible column of tombstones.
 * Said column spawns almost all kinds of zombies.
 * Potions can buff zombies, but not the tombstone ones.

Big Wave Beach - Day 28:


 * Don't lose more than five plants.
 * Lily Pads count as a plant, meaning you can lose two plants at once from things like Gargs.
 * Very little time to prepare.
 * Final wave contains a Garg spawning in the Low Tide ambush, which will likely instantly smash two plants at once unless your defenses are very far left.
 * Surfers reaching land are almost certain to kill a plant.