Demos below:
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/demos/lostv2_esrael.zip
Take it into consideration that I'm not playing blind anymore, but I think the balance is better now. I also found some secrets this time, yay! :D They helped quite a bit along the way. I liked how there was a risk element involved with the secrets; that they don't come without a price. (I also found the third secret off camera.) Overall, nice secrets.
I'm still kind of pondering on the drole/sentinel/ogre arena. It feels like it's designed to encourage movement instead of having the player getting stuck fighting the droles from the bottom of the arena. I'd wager the player being in quite a bit of trouble if he's only armed with an NG instead of the SNG like I was this time around.
You placed nailboxes on the second level of the arena. I wonder if I would've been more likely to climb higher from the bottom of the arena to reach them, if I could see the boxes from the bottom. Perhaps the boxes could be placed closer to the ledge for the player to see, to encourage the player to get higher when he's starting to run low on nails while fighting the droles? Or maybe place a grenade ogre on the higher levels? Maybe grenades would flush the player more easily from the bottom floor than the droles' explosive shells? Just tossing ideas in the air here.
I think the final fight was executed better this time around. It was more climactic (and unavoidable). xD
Nice work so far! :)