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Droppers are totally worth having. Like many advances people who don't have one will say they are not needed. But they are a huge bonus and aid riding over technical sections, pump tracks etc.
When riding along without one you are not likely to lower your saddle for mildly technical bits where you are out of the saddle. When you have one it is so easy to do and then the moment you return to seated pedalling you can pop the saddle back up. Just getting the saddle down by a couple of inches means you can use your body more to conserve momentum and move the bike around more nimbly.