Whoever says Druids arent gear dependent is only telling one side of the story. In order to quad you have to have big mana pool. And that's one of their most efficient means of soloing. Charm soloing might be better, but the difficulty of that is much higher. Root Rotting is good, and not hugely mana dependent, but is kind of boring.
The least gear dependent class that ROCKS at soloing is hands down the necromancer. You can solo anything level appropriate butt naked. I think for a brand new player you either go Druid or Necro. Druid has the ability to port people around for money. I have a 42 Druid and don't really do porting for money, but one days where i've been selling/buying in EC, I will advertise porting, and easy make 200-500p an hour. once you get to 50 as a druid you can power level 1-20 for about 10k PP, so that's obviously a massive money maker. But you have to get all the way to 50 for that.
I'd say if you're brand new, and interested in cash, just go with the necro, and do all of the camps that have good loot that also give you xp
Here's a link to a good xp/money guide
http://wiki.project1999.com/Treasure_Hunting_Guide
and
http://wiki.project1999.com/Ultimate...ng_Money_Guide