I hope once they add in the auto-attack system battle will be more fluid and organic. As such, I feel that the current self-buff animations will be detrimental to the pace of battle. Even now, buffing feels like you complete stop attacking for quite a bit, especially when you're stacking a couple of buffs together (also they use stamina).

I really hope that self-buffs will cast faster or that the cast can remain the same but the portion of the animation that locks your character while casting be shortened so you can go back to repositioning yourself/attacking.