In my priority, if there is two projects, one have the escrow and one doesn't have it then, of course, I would go for the one have it in a heartbeat. I wish escrow would be a mandatory for every bounty campaign in bitcointalk.
I am not concerned about escrow, what makes me interested is the quality of that project. If they were to make an IEO at a major exchange in this market then I believe they would not need a deposit, and we would definitely get their money from them.