As I said before - it is so counter-intuitive to have a configuration where cyclic controls RoD and lever controls speed - how did anyone think that was a good idea?
It is only counter intuitive if you have been badly trained - trained that you always use cyclic to control airspeed and collective to control the vertical element. As I have mentioned before this plain doesn't work throughout the flight envelope, so why do the dipsticks teach it?
To me, engaging a vertical mode on cyclic and controlling speed with collective is just as intuitive as the other way round, under the appropriate conditions. It is just a matter of selecting the optimal way of doing it for the circumstances. A pilot who can't cope with that shouldn't be flying.