Urnoev: You should definitely train Persuade though, since this is the only skill that only the player can learn. And it should be mentioned that only the Scout class can train Persuade from the first second in the game. All Jedi classes can train Persuade later on, but you'll become a Jedi a few hours in and miss some dialogue for about 20% of the game. That mechanic led to me choosing the Scout every time, no matter what I want to play as, but that's a personal preference.
I managed to succeed at every Persuade check I attempted on Taris as a level 2 Scoundrel with 16 Charisma (I was saving XP for Jedi levels later on - easy difficulty would allow even that weak a character to get through all the combat quests on Taris as well... with enough grenades :P).
Still managing them later on as a Jedi Guardian - just putting my 1 skill point per level into the skill and getting the Empathy feats as they become available.
