In FF Tactics, monk's had an ability called Wave Fist (I think it was called that), which was a ranged attack.

From a utility standpoint, I'd definitely get more use out of it than six-sided star. Even with 20% built in haste, its better to just run out of an AOE than to wait for six-sided star to come off global cooldown. The time we most likely need that speed buff is when we're standing in a huge room-wide AOE circle after the boss has jumped to the other side of the room, so kind of pointless really.