I still have a hard time figuring out why the 2N3055 is still as common as it is, given that it isn't all that cheap and has pretty poor performance.
FETs can have superior SOA to BJTs in some applications. At high voltages, BJTs become increasingly useless in this regard. If it weren't for their stupidly high price, lateral MOSFETs would make excellent series pass transistors since they're pretty well immune to secondary breakdown. Modern switching FETs do suffer from something similar to secondary breakdown, however, using high voltage FETs with a high on resistance can help get around this. In my testing, the FQA8N90C-F109 did not exhibit any secondary breakdown at 75V, and they seemed to fail right around the 280W mark. That said, I have found the DC SOA charts in switching FET datasheets to be less than trustworthy.