Swords, maxes and axes - still different?

So I’m playing around with different 1h combinations on Frost and I find myself wondering if those old differences still exist; like maces having higher crit but slower etc. Because when I look at the weapon stats; the maces seem like they have the same speed as my swords. And I haven’t really noticed a difference in the crit numbers or really any numbers when switching between maces, axes and swords outside what is easily explainable by the small difference in the item levels. But I was in a group the other day and they said the differences are gone, but the weapons still have different stat priorities…I’m a bit lost here, could someone clarify?

no all that is gone. just look for the weapon that has the stats you are looking for, but mostly item level is king.

Ergh…depends a lot on the spec build up. UH for example, if you are going ST Haste has priority over strength.

Weapon dps is better then most stats. But if you want haste to go up by 1.5%. Go for it. Maybe for blood dk i guess.

Oh I was refering to general gear, got a bit out of topic.

Yeah about weapons just go for the bigger DPS