Please tie resistance penalty to character level instead of area.

Oh yeah, so you got a bunch of "desecrated" gear. Better go take a trip to the "Well of Souls"

desecrate the gear, try playing with the better combinations. Maybe go to the stash to add sockets to them and rune them to make your resistances balanced....

Except that since for some reason the "Well of Souls" is part of Act 2, your character's resistances are displaying a huge number. So now if you want to get accurate information of what your resistances are, you have to first make sure to go to the ziggurat or your hideout.

These weird things with the resistances display happen all the time. OH, you went to Act 3 looking for a specific mook to Bind Spectre? Your resistances got all messed up again until you remember to go to hideout before checking them.

The Interludes did the right thing making the penalty depend on player character, it should be this way for all of the penalties.

Level 20-29 = -10% to all resistances
Level 30-29 = -20% to all resistances
Level 40-49 = -30% to all resistances
Level 50-51 = -40% to all resistances
Level 60-64 = -50% to all resistances
Level 65+ = -60% to all resistances