You question is basically what's easier, liquid or fabric membranes?
I prefer fabric membranes over liquid. If you read the instructions on say RedGard, there is a certain thickness you need to obtain before it's considered waterproof. Corners are finicky with liquid and you need to make sure you are getting full coverage in the areas being waterproofed. No pin holes or bubbles allowed!
Fabric membranes are like installing wallpaper. You will either need to overlap sections or use a small band of the fabric to bridge any seams.
Schluter products are wonderful. No one really knows your "skills" but you so it's not accurate for any of us to answer that question. To someone that is a tile installer, using Schluter products are very intuitive. However, if you've never done a shower before, be careful. If you screw up, the ramifications are pretty steep (hidden water damage).
Just wondering what everyones opinion on waterproofing tiled shower walls (w/ acrylic pan) was. I was planning on using hardibacker w/Kerdi but it seems that denseshield would save me some prepwork. Is it as effective? I am a framing carpenter with a modest background doing tile work so would also like to know if installing Schluters kerdi-shower kit would be beyond my skills? I've done fairly simple tile jobs in the past - foyers, small bathroom floors, backsplash so I'm somewhat familiar with tile but not particularly familiar with mosaic or schluter products. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.