Time Phase Vs. Fire Crackers
State your favorite.
Why do you like it more
Which you find more useful in any circumstance
What's your strategy
It's optional if you want to not answer all the questions.
I'd go to timephase. Reason goes because of the range and duration. Better use offensively.
Firecrackers seems to be better defensively because lag can mess up the way you try to find your target and you will eventually if too impatient can kill your shocked civilians. This same applies to the timephase defensively, since just throwing and trying to instantly stun will end you dead.
Both has almost the same way to stun, either near civilians or circle around.
My strategy for kills goes like this:
Find my target in a blend group. (Better if not moving)
Drop TP
Stand in front of the target with an NPC in between. And wait for focus
Target may ill the civilian, or may stun you, and even just try to escape, or in some cases, not move.
Kill him for a hidden focus.
Timephase seems to be better at corner stunning than FC. But FC is better at group stunning, because it blinds.