Ns2 is very well proven ... good documentation available. lot of people have used ns2 so codes are also available and it is accepted in the research community. You need not do many of the coding which is already implemented. If you refer MatLab many of the things you have to develop of your own and the acceptance of the results using that code also becomes an issue sometimes. Better to use internationally accepted WSN simulators. However, it always the choice of the researcher and the convenience.