I'm trying to get Damascus Steel and I've already used up the Damascus Steel found in chests, so I'm trying to steal it from an Iron Gladiator in Eneomaos Machine Tower. How do you steal? I'm running circles around him jamming on that B button (Xbox version) while he's targetted but nothing happens. It only "turns purple" when you press the Y button (to lock on him so it shows the purple triangle).

Here's what it says in John B.'s FAQ:
How to Steal: Get close so that he starts his vertical spinning move. Walk
away just far enough that he can't hit you with it and circle him to the
right. If you did things correctly, he will finish his move by slamming his
maul into the ground. Steal as soon as he does this.
***Alternate method from Sean S.***
Get close to him while holding block. When he gets ready to start rotating,
do a single backflip. Once you are back on the ground, keep hitting the
steal button.

Neither of those work- what else do you have to be doing, or must _not_ be doing? Should I use the fairy type ID for better "LCK"?? Wear certain rings? Do I have to be right up next to him, behind him, does the ID have to be alive in order for me to steal, etc?

Also, how the #$%@#$ do you "register" a save point? I used one of those magic ticket items, not the one that brings you to Julia's shop but the other one, it just brought me back to the very beginning (which was NOT my last save point).

This game is so complicated. What is this business with "charts", I just see nodes. I want to get the "Corpsey" battle type ID, and already have at least 40 crystals for each color for him but all he does is drop shards. Am I supposed to "grow" or "evolve" a new ID or what? He is a liquid golem or something light blue, his "evolutionary path" went all the way to the right. I can only view his "chart" but I can't affect it from that screen, can I?

I was hoping the manual would answer some of these questions but it leaves a lot to be desired. I didn't get much use out of any of these game FAQs but the maps here are great.

Ah I just figured it out- finally I got to see a yellow splotch on the screen from getting a steal. The Xbox uses the black or white button to get HECTOR'S "lock-on". I thought there was only one lock-on, and the only one I found was for the I.D. This is just not explained too clearly in the manual nor any of the FAQs. Only a YouTube vid to see what the lock-on circle looked like, and a game review mentioning the Xbox's black/white buttons helped me figure this out.

Also there should be more description of "evolving" I.D.s. My guess is now to try "store I.D." in Julia's shop, to get the other nodes in the other branch of the chart thing.

I still can't imagine how you are supposed to "register" a save point though to use the ticket warp item.