You're contradicting yourself. If the first swing is faster, then by definition, the combo would be faster. I don't even understand why you are attempting to argue this. Blue is faster, than red. Trying to argue that red is the same speed is like trying to convince someone that the sky is naturally red.
The first swing is faster, the combo is not faster. If you counter combo the first swing on cyan, with Red, your swings will both land at the same time, and cancel each other out, unless you miss the parries. Blue is only faster on the first swing, which doesn't mean much, again, my point being that the combos are all the same speed, and blue's initial swing is the same in 1.4 as in 1.3, so there has been no change except nudge. You never combo with blue anyway, because the half swings simply allow you to get more swings out. However the timing for the swing to activate and become damaging, is the same on all combos for all styles.
I don't see why this is difficult for you to understand.
Also, just piss on your parade further, the sky is actually every color except the one that you see, because it absorbs those colors, and reflects blue light.
Why you always gotta bitch? Slower windup + smaller combo = overall slower the time it takes a blue user to land 4 hits is half the time it takes cyan in 1.4.
Edit: From what I have noticed not all combo speeds are the same, red's delayed combo (miss a hit wd, a) if you only count the speed of the 2nd and 3rd hits since they are halfswings, isn't as fast as w d a combo from blue (which from what I have noticed is one of the fastest combo in game.) I'm guessing the halfswings aren't all the same speed for all styles.
Another edit: Devs pls don't lock this if it turns toxic I just wanna see how much of the community wants to save blue's combo.
Half swings don't count as combos. What part of that do you not understand? Take a standard red combo, WA D SA, and compare the 2nd and 3rd swings to a blue combo of say SD WA D. You'll discover that the ACTUAL COMBO PARTS, are the same speed. Unless you pause the blue swings, and turn them into half swings. Why? Because I told you before, Blue has less of a delay before it can start a dry half swing.
Eazy E, I believe that if you can apply yourself, you can understand difficult concepts like the one I'm putting forth. It may be a challenge for you, for some weird reason possibly deriving from the fact that you cannot read effectively either, but do at the very least try for me.