And how does it pedal? Is it decent in flats and climbs?
I don’t know how familiar you are with progressive geometry, but steep seat tube angles have noticeably countered the problem of pedaling/climbing a long travel bike. Better suspension has helped a lot with that problem too.
As long as you’re working with decently efficient suspension, weight/rolling resistance is usually more of a problem than the amount of travel you have.
The seat tube on a modern long travel bike is already so steep that shortening the fork will make the handling skittish and keep you from getting weight over the back with the dropper up. Personally I don’t think most modern bikes feel right unless you *add* 10-20mm of fork travel over stock.