New player necro questions

[Nujabes]

Hey peeps just had some questions here, new player starting EQ again used to play in Tallon Zek lightyears ago. Anyways! Are necros still viable in pvp and solo gaming? I've made an ikky necro and remembered that Kunark was a good place to level up in early games from back then. Also I completely forgot and enjoying how much more brutal it is with the learning curves and no maps it is with EQ than these soft new games out there. How does one farm for money early level cause spells seem more expensive now than they were back then, maybe that's just me =p.

Thanks for your future responses, can't wait to start leveling this guy up here.