Determining Purchase Points for Map Size

[Griefbringer]

Originally Posted by gRaider2001

I am still in the process of figuring out what size map I like to use.

How much empty space do you want to have on the map for manoeuvre, and what kind of terrain will you be operating?

Presuming that you would be playing on something resembling central Europe, how about starting with around 20 hexes of frontage per company? Set up a map, purchase your forces, deploy them and see how it looks like. Would they be too packed for your tastes, or is there uncomfortable amounts of empty space between them?