Advice Wanted: Rusty 54 Necro

[EliteJackson]

Hey all. Hoping for some advice from the EQ experts out here on where I should try to grind out the last of my levels. I'd like to focus on something other than XP gained per session, since watching bubbles sloooowly expand is starting to make me nuts. I'm just returning from a few years away from EQ, so I've avoided grouping so far. Really don't want to ruin a zone's day because I sat at low HP or something.

A spot where I can regain some plat would be ideal. Gaining faction would also be a nice perk, as I currently need to be a skeleton to do any banking in Neriak.

I have read a lot of the guides on the P1999 Wiki, but none of them seem to refer to any Velious zones as potential spots to level. Are the mob HPs too high for effective leveling?

Based on guides, I tried Charasis. It was awesome for soloing, but extremely difficult, and I rarely gained more XP than I ended up losing. I am hoping to find something that's easier to maintain than the basement. A single resist usually meant I had to flee.

Kedge Keep was really cool because it was dead empty, but water pathing is a nightmare, and resulted in a lot of wasted time gating out and starting over. So I wasn't super keen on making that my temporary home.

So I guess my main question is: What are the lesser-known, or perhaps just less popular, leveling spots for necros? Would love to get some advice on some good camps to get back into the swing of the game. I don't have anything crazy in terms of items, but I do have the invis clickable for Necros, which makes some camps more manageable. I'm up for charm-soloing and the like, but would prefer something with a little more forgiveness than HS.

Thanks in advance,
-Hork

P.S. This project and server are just mind-blowingly cool. Big thanks to the people that built and maintain this