Aye, it would appear taht it's been changed, at least partly... a few days ago, I was doing the Saga of Lanaru with a big team, and after a near-wipe agaisnt Lanaru the Mad, several of us went 'to base', and found ourselves returning right outside the door of the Storm Palace... handy.
On the other hand, a while ago when I 'based' after being crushed by a couple of GM's in The Hive, I found myself returning directly uder their feet again... so I guess it's a double-edged sword. 
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On the other hand, a while ago when I 'based' after being crushed by a couple of GM's in The Hive, I found myself returning directly uder their feet again... so I guess it's a double-edged sword.
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Doh!
But it's still far better dropping you where you were, since most people with a medical TP would have a TP room with a couple of 'escape doors'? So if you do plant at the feet of a Hive monster, you can escape to Creys folly or something afterwards instead of returning to your d00m 
This was, unfortunately, before we'd put in the Telepad...
So back when bases were first put out there, if you were to go to your base hospital when you were defeated, when you left the base it would drop you just outside the door of the mission you were defeated in (assuming mission defeat of course).
Then this was deemed far too useful for us, so the powers that be changed it to drop you at the zone TP beacon, which basically killed any usefulness of going to the base (you were never sure whether it was closer than the hosp, you only get a small amount of health back, etc).
Have they changed it back again?
Last night I died and went to the base as a joke. The joke being that usually I crash while loading the base. Suprisingly I made it in, which surprised me, as you might expect. However on leaving the base, I was even more surprised... I found myself just outside the mission door!
I didn't mention it, thinking it was a random occurrance. But one of my SG/teammates who was defeated a couple of times in different missions, and both times went to the base said after the second time: 'Have they changed it to drop us outside the mission door if you go to the base now?'. At which point I guessed I must have slipped into an alternate universe.
So my questions are: Has anyone else noticed this? Or have people stopped using the base completely and not noticed? Or was it something special about the missions or our SG or something?
I should note that all of the missions we noticed this in were in Kings Row. The only reason I thought I'd point this out is because Kings has one of the best(/most useful) bugs/features that I have seen, in that you never have to wait for a train. It's also the only city zone without shops. Though I can't imagine why that would make any difference!
Anyway, any thoughts?
Sorry about the randomicity. I tend to phase in and out while I type. Like, you know, attention-wise, not like dimensional. Hmm.