Having flow both EPRs and N1s, I have to say that I also give tumbs up to N1s!!! As almost everyone here! EPRs just make your life more dificult, the numbers to memorize for different power settings are easier for N1s and without EPR it`s one less thing to check at take off power! Check EPR versus N1, always had to do that, several incidents happened, due to false EPR readings, that would be easy to detect, just looking to N1!
So one less thing to do and concentrate on the rest... that`s simplyfing your life to release you for also other important things during those phases of flight that you have to be cheking everything...!